Andreas, I think IPFS <https://ipfs.io/> follows that approach and it is a good candidate at first glance.
2016-04-21 10:18 GMT+02:00 Andreas Kotes <[email protected]>: > Hi Yuri, > > On Tue, Apr 19, 2016 at 09:35:57AM +0000, Yuri Z 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. > > I thought about this for a while, and turned it around in my head etc .. > > I kinda like this idea, although the concept of the blockchain's proof > of work would put too much strain on a wave system in my point of view. > > Regarding distributed, version controlled data storage, I think the by > far best current (open) example is git, which might lend itself nicely > to our needs as well. > > There even seems to be an open library implementation at > https://libgit2.github.com/, which might solve a lot of the underlying > problems. > > I haven't look into the details, but there might be merit in evaluating > whether the way git handles deltas might related well to how we want to > do OT, and how git shallow checkouts could help gather the relevant data > for a current-version view of a Wave quickly. > > I'm not sure whether there's anything git offers that gives us some > streaming-style data transfer capability instead of server-style > push/pull interactivity that's probably less suitable for our needs. > > What do you think? > > 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 >
