Liquid Gossip

Because I couldn't think of a better name, this is a fever dream of @PhearZero.

Why?

Bandwidth comes at a cost, usually this is a positive correlation with revenue. More users === more better! Sometimes this is not the case, there is a common scenario where two parties want to exchange information without relying on a centralized path (Check out this crypto thing).

We flip the paradigm from the server to the client:

We put the server on the client - Warren Buffering 2024

Scenarios

Applied Cryptography

Not my specialty but this is a primary use case. The value added in applied cryptography is the security of the information. A lot of times access is restricted and centralized brokers of key information is a non-starter.

By offering a "Pure" p2p system, these primitives can be accessed over secure channels. Wallets can not only discover the NFTs in your account but also all of your integrated devices and favourite services. For Algorand, think "Pera Discover" meets Zigbee

Gamification/Limited Events

No better way to prove you where somewhere or participate in a realtime activity than in person! Using a gossip discovery layer could allow for multi-party events where validator nodes would only connect to local instances.

Experimenting

Clone this repo

git clone [email protected]:awesome-algorand/liquid-gossip.git

Change to the directory

cd liquid-gossip

Install the dependencies

npm install

Run a service node in a new terminal, optionally update the constants.js BOOTSTRAP_ADDRESSES with the Announced to connect from other devices in the local network.

PUBLIC_IP=<YOUR_NETOWRK_IP> node server.js

Open another terminal and run the frontend

Important

The browser is a full node with a unique Key/Pair stored in browser storage You must open an incognito tab or use a different browser to connect P2P

npm run dev

A browser should open with the application, open an incognito tab or a different browser.

Wait a minute for discovery and you should see peers in each window:

Click Set on the available nodes to change the chat window.

Use the info buttonto display more information about the proxy and local peer

That's all for now!

TODO:

• [] TLS
  • [] Public Hosting
• [] Pure private<->private