Let's use p2panda.org to create a proof-of-concept quality app modelled after a simple version of the SSB (Secure Scuttlebutt) social network.
SSB is a relatively simple model to base a proof-of-concept app on. In SSB peers have a single append-only log of operations like post, follow, block. There was however no fixed schema for the operations and many non-blog style applications were available in parallel. When syncing peers generally agreed to replicate operations from other peers so long as they were friends of their own friends. This "two-hop" distance protocol promoted network health and some simple discoverability while also preventing a lot of spam.
- Show pubkey-based identities in fronten 64EF d
- Rework app database to use sqlite with proper tables
- Add UI for creating follow operations
- Sync correctly based on following
- post
string- Messages posted by users - follow
string- One-way following link, value is the public key of target - about
{name: string, avatar: string of base64 encoded image}- Self-identification for user. Stretch goal for now
should follow SSB friend-of-friend as topic query
Currently a local web server serving a simple html+js page. Final UI should have a single feed of eveyones posts with a sidebar for your own posts. And a way to follow a given key, especially since we will have to manually bootstrap our first friend in the network without pubs or anything.
Eventually I would like to rework the UI to use gtk-rs and make a proper native desktop app. Though that is more an exercise for learning GTK than p2p technologies.
Current look: