Re: [libreplanet-discuss] secushare + gnunet

[IngeGNUe]

On 06/01/16 13:36, ng0 wrote:
> On 2016-05-28(09:02:06-0400), IngeGNUe wrote:
>> This free software project needs some love. It is the only one that with
>> GNUnet is addressing the problem of Sibyl attacks on DHT
>> (http://secushare.org/anonymity) and it is being built using gnunet +
>> PSYC. I love the detailed documentation and the long-term thinking about
>> how to build a truly good internet. (And it works over ad-hoc mesh
>> networks!)
>>
>> secushare.org
>>
>> It is also not profit-driven venture like MaidSafe seems to be (MaidSafe
>> is a company), plus MaidSafe is using DHT routing like the other ones
>> [https://github.com/maidsafe/routing]. Also MaidSafe calls itself "open
>> source".
>>
>> Anyway, I was wondering why I don't hear more about this. Maybe nobody
>> knew about it - I sure didn't... It wasn't listed on Prism-Break.org for
>> some reason.
>>
>> Free the airwaves!
>>
> 
> Hi,
> 
> thanks for the kind and supportive words for SecuShare!
> 
> My guess is that this is because public relations are slow.
> When I joined SecuShare, I did not find it through http, I found it because
> I discovered the older protocol (psyc1, SecuShare uses PSYC2 which is nothing
> like psyc1) and started talking and discussing about goals and ideas I
> had been trying to solve in the years before.
> One thing lead to another and since then "improving website of gnunet.org and
> secushare.org" were on my todo list, but this is low priority as I mainly
> package software, work on my own ideas etc.
> 
> At least for SecuShare a rewrite of the website (landing page) is now on
> someones todo list which is not my own. Once this part is fixed it can get
> the treatment it should get, like gnunet.org: rewrite it to separate into
> users + developers in terms of information amount, language, items available,
> explanations, etc.
> 
> I mean, SecuShare is not unknown, developers are on conferences regulary[0],
> ideas are flowing, a working prototype is getting ready, and with the (sadly)
> small number of people working on it I don't blame anyone for not fixing up 
> the
> homepage to be more informative for users and developers.
> 
> Some sources I found useful in the beginning in addition to the papers
> of GNUnet are:
> https://gnunet.org/internetistschuld (talk from 2013)
> http://youbroketheinternet.org/ can be one more source, although it is not
> directly connected to SecuShare or GNUnet it can be useful for further
> resources.
> 
> If you want to know more and like to get involved, feel free to join for 
> discussion,
> questions, etc:
> 
> psyc://loupsycedyglgamf.onion/@welcome
> irc://loupsycedyglgamf.onion:67/welcome
> psyc://psyced.org/@welcome
> https://psyced.org:33333/PSYC/
> irc://psyced.org/welcome
> xmpp:*welcome@psyced.org
> 
> Or send a Bitmessage to BM-NB7xa9gEpmJgYp9PVnEdACiZcGmmEJcY.
> 
> You might bring a little patience, as answers can be delayed due to
> time, space, penguins, potatoes and mostly because people are not
> 24/7 available.
> But fear not, psyced (the chat server) can give you a backlog with
> `+hist $number`
> or
> `/hist $number`
> depending on the client you use (replace $number with a real number)
> 
> 
> 
> [0]: eg 32C3: https://fossil.net2o.de/32c3/doc/trunk/wiki/32c3.md
> 
> thanks,
> --
> ♥Ⓐ ng0
> 4096R/13212A27975AF07677A29F7002A296150C201823
> 

Thanks for the info! Putting it on my todo list to get PSYC'd working.

Is there any way I can donate, or is it too early in the process? The
Flattr link is broken. I can wait... Sending good vibes to this project
meanwhile. :)