Beckn enables the creation of open, peer-to-peer decentralized networks for pan-sector economic transactions.The protocol can be
Mathieu Lefebvre — Product Designer
For several months now, I have been passionate about decentralized social networks. A federated social network is a platform composed of independent servers that communicate with each other using common protocols.
Minimum viable decentralization – John Backus – Medium
If you want people to use your product, decentralize the bare minimum. Lessons from Freenet, I2P, Darknet markets, and Reddit.
Decentralised Identity 🤝 Mesh Networking - Thinking with portals
How you can invite your Bluesky friends into your Tailscale network using an OIDC shim
Secure Scuttlebutt Consortium
A distributed and secure peer to peer social network - Secure Scuttlebutt Consortium
An equitable company - Roomy
decentralized networking is best realized with decentralized ownership
Decentralization Trade Offs in AT Protocol and ActivityPub DWeb Camp 2026
Christine Lemmer Webber is lead author and co-editor of the W3C ActivityPub specification. Daniel Holmgren is Head of Protocol at Bluesky, working on the AT Protocol specification at the IETF. Join us for a discussion on decentralization trade-offs and other design decisions in the two protocols, and what that means for different architectures, structures, and even future points of convergence. Moderated by Boris Mann
The Matrix Holiday Update 2022
Matrix, the open protocol for secure decentralised communications
Local-First Peer-to-Peer Infrastructure: Create, Collaborate, and Publish Without the Cloud
Librecast - Decentralisation and Privacy with Multicast
a practical guide to decentralization (for my friends) - tim's tinkerings
Decentralized Technology in Practice: An analysis of socio-technical resilience in IPFS
The “Interplanetary File System” (IPFS) refers to a peer-to-peer content addressing protocol that is designed to be “upgradeable, resilient, and more open”. [1]
Holochain | Distributed app framework with P2P networking
Holochain delivers beyond the promises of blockchain by providing a lightweight, secure and versatile framework for everyday distributed apps.
Open-source tools needed for the future of decentralized moderation
A small list of various open-source software that needs to exist to power the future of Trust & Safety for decentralized social networking software.
Peer-to-Peer Republic
A movement, open republic of humans building peer-to-peer systems that redistribute power and reimagine the internet as a public good, not a product a platform sells.
We need better ways to sell people on decentralization, AT Protocol, and Bluesky than telling them open networks mean they won't have to suffer through losing yet another platform to an Elon Musk.
Decentralization is Insurance
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