OH004 - SSB

Episode 4

Episode Notes

This episode is about Secure Scuttlebutt – a database of unforgeable append-only feeds, optimized for efficient replication for peer to peer protocols. Brought to you by @dirkjaekel @j32804 and our guest @dominictarr

  • Scuttlebutt in slang usage means rumor or gossip, deriving from the nautical term for the cask used to serve water (or, later, a water fountain) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scuttlebutt

  • A gossip protocol is a style of computer-to-computer communication protocol inspired by the form of gossip seen in social networks https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gossip_protocol

  • History of Scuttlebutt with Dominic Tarr https://www.gwenbell.com/dt-interview/

  • Dominic Tarr http://dominictarr.com/ Twitter @dominictarr

  • Secure Scuttlebutt consortium https://github.com/ssbc

  • Peer-to-peer audio publishing and streaming application. Like SoundCloud but decentralized. A mashup of ssb, webtorrent and electron http://ferment.audio

  • Decentralised git git-ssb https://github.com/clehner/git-ssb

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