Now I have to develop a protocol for exchanging data between peers. The protocol is bidi, and I will use #iroh as a basis. I think I am going to use JSON messages for now, but maybe go over to use msgpack later. It really does not matter.
What matters more is the actual protocol and what kind of messages are exchanged and the behavior. I guess I have to think really hard to make this nice.
"beelay-iroh-chat" is a proof-of-concept chat app exploring #beelay & #keyhive from #InkAndSwitch with #iroh and #tauri:
https://github.com/Zyell/beelay-iroh-chat
This is folks from https://www.symplasma.org working on this.
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Tipragot has shipped https://github.com/tipragot/godot-iroh, a #p2p multiplayer extension for #godotengine based on #iroh. Here's to more games working peer to peer!
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Aster is a #music player that streams your personal music collection over #iroh connections.
It also implements auth/device management using a simplified version of the algorithm in the decentralised key agreement paper!
https://github.com/hazelmeow/aster
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While yours truly has been head deep into the 1.0 work on QUIC Multipath rather than keeping you entertained with posts here, a lot of cool things happen that haven't been mentioned. Here are 11 projects from the awesome list today, using #iroh to make cool #p2p applications.
https://github.com/n0-computer/awesome-iroh
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Ah, the age-old quest for peer-to-peer connections without the digital equivalent of a Rube Goldberg machine. 
Introducing 'Iroh'—because who knew connecting two computers was as mythical as finding a #unicorn that writes perfect code with GitHub Copilot? 
https://github.com/n0-computer/iroh #peer2peer #Iroh #GitHubCopilot #techinnovation #mythicalconnections #HackerNews #ngated
@n0iroh at https://iroh.computer may be an interesting #p2p case study for you. #iroh is in turn used by @delta for instance.
You can read more on how #DeltaChat use iroh in their blog post at: https://delta.chat/en/2024-11-20-webxdc-realtime
Iroh's programming language used is #Rust though, but via the #WebAssembly support it may be usable in the languages you mention, but I am not sure.
Currently playing around with https://github.com/MightyShadow702/v86Emu-webxdc which leverages https://github.com/copy/v86 into DeltaChat. Effectively allowing you to run a 32 bit .iso file inside DeltaChat as a webxdc application.
Right now tcp/ip is wired up with realtime communication over iroh 
New video! Build #sendme into you app:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jl4cAkRTMT8
#filesharing with #iroh, #p2p
#Iroh is a super fascinating project in the #LocalFirst ecosystem. You always have incredible progress in roadmap briefings, and a very good codebase + docs to get folks going.
Local-first is a next-gen computing paradigm.. one of paradigms that threaten cloud and browser vendor hegemonies.
One thing is problematic in local-fist land. There are N pioneers and N sync mechanisms / protocols.
Until there's any form of common open standards track things remain too risky technology bets.
It's been a bit of a journey learning #rust and #veilid and #iroh but these last few functions were very satisfying to write. This code triggers a download of an Iroh-blobs based file from it's hash by establishing tunnels to peers in a group using a multiplexer I built using Veilid AppMessages over private routes. The code to get here was hella messy but these functions felt pretty elegant.
For the last several months I've been working on making a federated app.
I just finished migrating it to use the latest iteration of our new #leafprotocol data format on top of the #willowprotocol and so far it's going really well.
In this post I share some of the concepts and rational behind the Leaf Protocol:
https://zicklag.katharos.group/blog/introducing-leaf-protocol/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwAt36Xe3UI
If you wonder what iroh is. #deltachat uses it for second device setup and soon also for realtime #p2p connections in #webxdc
I've just finished the first draft of the Leaf Protocol!
It's a data layer on top of the #willowprotocol seeking help build a "Web of Data" for the #agenticfediverse.
I'm going to be working on a prototype very soon, built on #iroh for use in the Weird project:
@mauve @silverpill @smallcircles #iroh is working on support for the #willowprotocol and because I don't need meadowcap features just yet, it's safe enough for me to build on Iroh and just adapt when they come out with the willow update.
We're pretty partial to #rust so that's a big motivation to use Iroh.
@silverpill @smallcircles #iroh which is implementing the https://willowprotocol.org/ does all those things I want from a storage, connectivity, and replication standpoint.
If I were to implement the network that I'm imagining, I think I would probably still need Iroh, even if I supported ActivityPub.
But instead of supporting ActivityPub immediately, I'm trying to understand the smallest specification that I need to accomplish my goals.
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