There was actually some research on this out of a French group. I can try to find the reference.
On 4/19/16, 2:35 AM, "Yuri Z" <vega...@gmail.com> wrote: >I was thinking about Federation via persistence level. In particular when >all the content persisted into database, but the database is decentralized >(like bitcoin blockchain). The content though is encrypted. Each wave is >encrypted with a new key. Whenever a participant is added to the wave - >whoever adds him also adds a new record into this user data wavelet with >the wave private key that is encrypted with the user's public key. This way >only the new user gets access the the wave private key. >I.e. all the content is public, but encrypted. Only those that control a >certain key can decrypt the message and add new content. >So, this architecture follows the bitcoin model - anyone can host his own >wave blockchain (like running his own wallet) or use a web wallet - i.e. >wave client hosted by someone else. > >On Tue, Apr 19, 2016 at 12:24 PM Andreas Kotes <co...@flatline.de> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> On Mon, Apr 18, 2016 at 09:20:43PM -0700, Michael MacFadden wrote: >> > However, with respect to a particular wave, the federation model is >> > very much centralized. It is not decentralized in the same way that >> > XMPP and SMTP are. This is actually a function of how the Wave OT >> > algorithm works and not an issue with the transport or XMPP. >> >> I'd even say that's the correct way to do it. One server should feel >> responsible for safeguarding the document regarding security and >> availability. >> >> If a document is decentralized only, versions can diverge and copies >> might go offline or disappear altogether, with the possibility of no >> copy remaining. >> >> The transport as such shouldn't matter too much - although if we stay >> in the Java/XML realm, XMPP sounds like a good fit, especially as (via >> Jabber) it has a lot of established infrastructure. >> >> Maybe Apache Wave would even make a good set of (official) XMPP extensions? >> >> Cheers, >> >> count >> >> -- >> Andreas 'count' Kotes >> Taming computers for humans since 1990. >> "Don't ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do >> it. >> Because what the world needs is people who have come alive." -- Howard >> Thurman >>
