DAT-protocol (dat-ecosystem.org)
from biotin7@sopuli.xyz to fediverse@lemmy.world on 01 Sep 19:47
https://sopuli.xyz/post/33007748

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 ?

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mesamunefire@piefed.social on 02 Sep 04:54 next collapse

New to me.

INeedMana@piefed.zip on 02 Sep 08:17 next collapse

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 on 02 Sep 21:00 collapse

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.

favoredponcho@lemmy.zip on 03 Sep 06:34 next collapse

How do they manage changes to the site and refreshing the peers with the latest copy?

als@lemmy.blahaj.zone on 03 Sep 12:18 collapse

Again this is based off memories from several years ago but I think files were shared as hashes so a new version would be a new file.

Coopr8@kbin.earth on 03 Sep 16:28 collapse

Sounds a bit like Scuttlebutt

rglullis@communick.news on 03 Sep 05:44 collapse

Not being developed anymore, never gained enough traction and afaik its lead developer is working now at bluesky.