Re-Decentralization
Open source protocols and tools for a more open and democratic web
by: Gonçalo Valério (dethos@s.ovalerio.net)OverView
- Centralized vs Decentralized
- Why Decentralize?
- Tools you can use today
- Making your website/app a part of the network
- Discussion
Centralized vs Decentralized
Why do we want to decentralize?
- Control your own data
- Fight monopolies and network effect
- Resilience
- Privacy
What tools do we have now?
(for this talk I will stay away from the blockchain)
Mastodon
...which works with:
GnuSocial
... and with:
Pleroma
... and with:
PeerTube
and many others.
Matrix/Riot
France seems to like it
“Although the French government’s spokesperson said that the government’s app will be based on open source software found freely available on the internet, she declined to name it. However, Matrix developers have confirmed that the app in question will be based on the federated chat Matrix protocol (a more modern XMPP/Jabber competitor) and, more specifically, on the Riot client, which uses this protocol.”Source: France To Build Alternative To WhatsApp, Telegram Due To Foreign Spying Concerns
NextCloud/OwnCloud
And many others.
(IPFS, ZeroNet, Syncthing, ...)
Making your App a part of the network
(or in other words, how to be a good citizen on the Internet)
RSS
(It is really useful)Even Github publishes feeds for repository activity:
ActivityPub
For social scenarios
XMPP/Matrix
If you implement chat features
Open Collaboration Services
Implemented by NextCloud, OwnCloud and Pydio