Hacker News with Generative AI: Decentralized Technology

Cwtch – Privacy Preserving Messaging (cwtch.im)
Cwtch (/kʊtʃ/ - a Welsh word roughly translating to “a hug that creates a safe place”) is a decentralized, privacy-preserving, multi-party messaging protocol that can be used to build metadata resistant applications.
Privacy, Messaging, Decentralized Technology, Cryptography
62 points by dp-hackernews 19 days ago | 45 comments
ATProto Isn't What You Think (muni.town)
This post takes a look at ATProto from a different angle, and explores the value of some possibly less-noticed pieces of it.
Decentralized Technology, Social Media, Alternative Platforms
55 points by Philpax 19 days ago | 36 comments
Leaf, ATProto and ActivityPub (muni.town)
As a part of our work on Weird we're developing the Leaf Protocol, an experimental peer-to-peer federation protocol built on top of Willow.
Decentralized Technology, Networking Protocols, Open Source
11 points by erlend_sh 129 days ago | 0 comments
Bluesky Vs ActivityPub (ycombinator.com)
Social Media, Decentralized Technology
10 points by akhileshthite 129 days ago | 0 comments
UnifiedPush: A decentralized, open-source push notification protocol (2022) (f-droid.org)
A modern Android smartphone relies on a lot of services, from app stores and calendars to messaging and push notifications. Most of them have open alternatives, but until now, the only option for push notifications was Google’s proprietary service, Firebase Cloud Messaging (FCM). UnifiedPush is a new alternative that allows you to get push notifications without being tied to a single company.
Open Source, Android, Push Notifications, Decentralized Technology
35 points by whereistimbo 144 days ago | 15 comments