IPv8: Authenticated Private P2P Communication

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  • py-ipv8

    Python implementation of Tribler's IPv8 p2p-networking layer

  • 0x-mesh

    A peer-to-peer network for sharing 0x orders

  • A neatt approach with some higher level facilities compared to ipv8.

    https://github.com/0xProject/0x-mesh

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  • specs

    Technical specifications for the libp2p networking stack (by libp2p)

  • This, along with the lack of an RFC (see my top-level comment) seals my judgement of this project as mere content marketing.

    IMHO, the libp2p specifications [0] are much more interesting.

    [0] https://libp2p.io/

  • tribler

    Privacy enhanced BitTorrent client with P2P content discovery

  • A lot of valid criticism (the name, lack of specs, poor development support). Still I want to give this one the benefit of a doubt! It's from the Tribler folk[1], who have long long been doing by-far the most interesting & practical P2P work on the planet for well over a decade, notably around Bittorrent extensions on everything from fairness, to high durability, to search (by far some of the best/first to really get a win here in Bittorrent space), video on demand, & live-streaming (again a massive early pioneer that very much succeeded, albeit with low adoption). Recently some of their (longstanding) work on trying to add better economic/game-theory incentives in bitctorrent (far beyond simple private trackers with ratio limits) was on HN too[2][3].

    I'd be cautious about disregarding these IPv8 efforts. As difficult as it is to wander into a single-language semi-documented thing that calls itself an Internet Protocol. I believe the future is exciting, and so should you, and sometimes that comes from humble (and hard to decypher) beginnings.

    I ran into IPv8 about a month ago, but had to jog my memory. There is very much some seeming overlap with I2P, EdgeVPN, a more general purpose WireGuard. I too am curious about differentiation / comparison.

    [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/from?site=github.com/tribler

    [2] https://github.com/Tribler/tribler/wiki#tribler-an-attack-re...

    [3] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26206105

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