6d ago

DAT-protocol

dat-ecosystem - explore p2p projects

I stumbled onto this interesting protocol. Already has a browser using it called the beaker browser

Basically a decentralized protocol for data with Git-like features built-in. I wonder if any of you have stumbled onto this. Any thoughts ?

rglullis @communick.news 5d ago
Not being developed anymore, never gained enough traction and afaik its lead developer is working now at bluesky.
INeedMana @piefed.zip 5d ago
What is it?
From one of the projects
Agregore, a browser for the distributed web, facilitates peer-to-peer data sharing without central servers, supporting protocols like BitTorrent and IPFS for direct loading and sharing of content.
So instead of putting stuff (like my webpage) on a server, I share it P2P? But then my computer has to run 24/7 which basically makes it a server, right?
- als @lemmy.blahaj.zone 5d ago
  IIRC from when I tried this before, I think anyone who views the page then hosts it too. I'm not sure if there's systems in place to stop the storage used ballooning, surely there are.
  
  Coopr8 @kbin.earth 4d ago
  Sounds a bit like Scuttlebutt
  
  favoredponcho @lemmy.zip 4d ago
  How do they manage changes to the site and refreshing the peers with the latest copy?
mesa @piefed.social 6d ago
New to me.