Talks

Secure Scuttlebutt: Peer-to-peer collaboration and community infrastructure

Charles Lehner @ LibrePlanet 2020

An introduction to SSB, the protocol, network, applications, values, community, and culture.

We’re joined by Dominic Tarr, a sailor, and the Founder of Secure Scuttlebutt. This curiously named project has a fascinating approach to creating a truly distributed social network.

Scuttlebutt can be transformative for society, decentralizing and enabling local community development. Perfect for environments which require offline workability.

The times we live in have made it necessary to disrupt mainstream social networks. In this talk, Andre will present Scuttlebutt, from the Node.js hacker community. With fully offline browsing, new types of interactions, cryptographic authenticity, and data ownership, several opportunities for innovation are unlocked.

The internet in 2030

André Staltz @ Mixit 19

There are even more difficulties approaching: climate crisis, crowd social engineering, and the next impending economic crisis, all of which are interconnected. One promising approach can benefit the environment, the economy, humanity, and the internet: décroissance.

A Tour of the Scuttlebutt ecosystem

DWeb Summit 2018

Mikey Williams, aka dinosaur, is sort of the Scuttlebutt librarian, and gives us a quick tour.

What is the meaning of "decentralization"?

Dweb Summit August 1 2018

Taken literally, "decentralization" just means "not centralized", but what are the different ways something can be not centralized? Are there different types or flavors of decentralization that can be meaningfully distinguished?

Date Terra Nemo | Berlin

How do we synchronize user devices without using servers or central coordination? Join us for a discussion of content-addressing, secure data structures, the web of trust, and apps-development in a post-host Web.

Mad Science Architectures

Dominic Tarr @ Realtime Conference

2013

The puzzle pieces of secure-scuttlebutt are being assembled.