SPsprucely·Nov 23, 2018
Several have been mentioned already, but I'll add one more rust library to the mix: https://github.com/maidsafe/crust
In Ask HN: Can you recommend a modern, accessible P2P framework/library?maidsafe-archive
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Reliable p2p network connections in Rust with NAT traversal. One of the most needed libraries for any server-less / decentralised projects
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| Jan 2018 | 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2018-02-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Feb 2018 | 2018-02-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2018-03-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 2018 | 2018-03-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2018-04-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 2018 | 2018-04-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2018-05-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| May 2018 | 2018-05-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2018-06-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jun 2018 | 2018-06-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2018-07-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Jul 2018 | 2018-07-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2018-08-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aug 2018 | 2018-08-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2018-09-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 2018 | 2018-09-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2018-10-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 2018 | 2018-10-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2018-11-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 2018 | 2018-11-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2018-12-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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4 sourcesI don't remember what, but there is already something fairly popular in the Rust ecosystem with the name crust.
Edit: I think it was https://github.com/maidsafe/crust .
In C2Rust: translate C into Rust codeAnother project you might find useful, that we at https://www.maidsafe.net are actively working on, is https://github.com/maidsafe/crust/.
It's a generic peer-to-peer networking library written in Rust.
* it connects two peers together
* various NAT traversal techniques are implemented: hole punching, UPnP/IGD, etc.
* it supports both TCP and UDP. In case of UDP it uses uTP: http://www.bittorrent.org/beps/bep_0029.html
* all messages are encrypted
* it implements automatic peer discovery on LAN
* it caches it's previous connections and is able to reuse them in the future
* etc.
In Ask HN: Recommendations for Peer to Peer Frameworks?SAFE Network has been around for quite some time. I believe the project has been around for longer than both filecoin & storj, but it is still in beta phase. Filecoin AFAIK has not reached beta, while Storj is already online, as is it's competitor Sia.
SAFE Network's stack is mostly Rust, which is novel.[0][1]
Among other things, SAFE Network has no blockchain. It has an alternative approach to consensus: "To directly compare the language for the security of the bitcoin vs safe network, bitcoin is secured by ‘proof of work’, safe is secured by ‘close group consensus’."[2]
SAFE Network adds a cryptocoin (safecoin[3]) component to the Beaker browser[4], which builds on the Dat Protocol[5] for distributed apps.
Basically I'm interested in these types of technologies as well.
[0] https://github.com/maidsafe/crust
[1] https://github.com/maidsa