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Botle: An Experimental P2P Antisocial Network
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Author:  tekk [ Sun Apr 28, 2024 1:16 pm ]
Post subject:  Botle: An Experimental P2P Antisocial Network
https://git.sr.ht/~tekk/botle

A project I've wanted to go back to on and off, but I've never actually had enough people around to test it.

The very basics of the protocol idea is that of deserted islands. When you get on the network you provide a bootstrap computer, which sends all the other computers it knows about in the network to you. After that you can send a message over UDP. It picks a random computer to which the message in a bottle "floats."

Does it get there? Probably. Maybe not. Is it perfectly intact? Maybe it got a little wet.

The main issue i ran into is that my router doesn't like connecting me to my network through my own ip address, so testing was too hard to do with a single person :D
Author:  zero cool [ Sun Apr 28, 2024 5:05 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Botle: An Experimental P2P Antisocial Network
That's such a wacky idea, haha! It sounds like an epic tool for making plans.. :D I might set it up to try it sometime!
Author:  tekk [ Sun Apr 28, 2024 5:13 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Botle: An Experimental P2P Antisocial Network
Let me know if you do. I *think* it should work as is but I haven't touched it in a long time.
Author:  zero cool [ Sun Apr 28, 2024 5:17 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Botle: An Experimental P2P Antisocial Network
Will do! Time will tell, if it works and when I get around to it, lol
Author:  tekk [ Fri May 10, 2024 10:48 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Botle: An Experimental P2P Antisocial Network
I definitely need to take a look at it. It doesn't crash or anything but it's sending messages to the void a lot.
Author:  tekk [ Fri May 10, 2024 10:55 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Botle: An Experimental P2P Antisocial Network
Literally just an off by one error. We're good.
Author:  nathanpc [ Sat Sep 21, 2024 10:49 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Botle: An Experimental P2P Antisocial Network
I love the idea of a digital message in a bottle. I'll have to try it out in the near future.
Author:  tekk [ Sun Sep 22, 2024 1:21 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Botle: An Experimental P2P Antisocial Network
I think I have it up on my sourcehut so just say the word and you can see it working ;)

Might be best to do it tomorrow or the next day while I'm in Europe. Maybe we could get a whole 3 people on the network.
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