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doc-golix

PGP-like encryption + torrent-like addressing + blockchain-like enforcement of data expiry

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What it is

PGP-like encryption + torrent-like addressing + blockchain-like enforcement of data expiry

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What people are saying

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This week on Hacker News

Nov 8–Nov 15 UTC · Direct repository links and separately labeled related project stories. Indexed through 11/15/2026, 10:02:05 AM UTC.

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Mentions over time

HN mentions by month22 dated mentions

Observed mentions: 2015-07-31 00:48:48 UTC to 2017-01-12 18:30:26 UTC.

0123452015-07-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2015-08-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 commentsJul 20152015-08-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2015-09-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 4 mentions; 1 submissions, 3 comments2015-09-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2015-10-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2015-10-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2015-11-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 5 mentions; 0 submissions, 5 comments2015-11-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2015-12-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 2 mentions; 1 submissions, 1 comments2015-12-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2016-02-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 3 mentions; 1 submissions, 2 comments2016-02-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2016-03-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2016-03-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2016-04-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2016-04-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2016-05-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 commentsApr 20162016-05-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2016-06-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2016-06-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2016-07-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2016-07-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2016-08-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2016-08-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2016-09-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2016-09-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2016-10-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 2 mentions; 0 submissions, 2 comments2016-10-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2016-11-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2016-11-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2016-12-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2016-12-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2017-02-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 3 mentions; 0 submissions, 3 commentsJan 2017

Counts come from the repository’s dated source evidence. Index cutoff: 2026-11-02 08:16:59 UTC.

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PeriodStart (UTC)End (exclusive, UTC)MentionsSubmissionsComments
Jul 20152015-07-01 00:00:00 UTC2015-08-01 00:00:00 UTC101
Aug 20152015-08-01 00:00:00 UTC2015-09-01 00:00:00 UTC413
Sep 20152015-09-01 00:00:00 UTC2015-10-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Oct 20152015-10-01 00:00:00 UTC2015-11-01 00:00:00 UTC505
Nov 20152015-11-01 00:00:00 UTC2015-12-01 00:00:00 UTC211
Dec 20152015-12-01 00:00:00 UTC2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Jan 20162016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2016-02-01 00:00:00 UTC312
Feb 20162016-02-01 00:00:00 UTC2016-03-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Mar 20162016-03-01 00:00:00 UTC2016-04-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Apr 20162016-04-01 00:00:00 UTC2016-05-01 00:00:00 UTC000
May 20162016-05-01 00:00:00 UTC2016-06-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Jun 20162016-06-01 00:00:00 UTC2016-07-01 00:00:00 UTC101
Jul 20162016-07-01 00:00:00 UTC2016-08-01 00:00:00 UTC101
Aug 20162016-08-01 00:00:00 UTC2016-09-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Sep 20162016-09-01 00:00:00 UTC2016-10-01 00:00:00 UTC202
Oct 20162016-10-01 00:00:00 UTC2016-11-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Nov 20162016-11-01 00:00:00 UTC2016-12-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Dec 20162016-12-01 00:00:00 UTC2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Jan 20172017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2017-02-01 00:00:00 UTC303

What Hacker News says

3 sources
nbadg·Jan 12, 2017
With a purpose-built protocol called Golix [1]. The documentation goes into a lot more detail but it has three main aspects: 1. Encrypt things like PGP, except key encapsulation is separate from ciphertext delivery. Specific primitives used are AES-256, RSA-4096, and X25519, though deprecation of RSA is planned soon 2. Everything is content/hash addressed, which helps substantially with the above. Specific primitive: SHA-512 3. Data retention is governed like a reference-counted programming language; data gets a container, and then you make a signed "binding" to give the container an address. You can then sign binding revocations ("debindings"). When no addresses are left, the server removes the content. [1] https://github.com/Muterra/doc-golix
In Show HN: Hypergolix, “programmable Dropbox” with client-side encryption
nbadg·Jan 12, 2017
Correct. This is yet another "hosted platform for revenue" open source project; if you deploy on your own servers, you don't pay us. Servers have no access to plaintext. They also have extremely limited metadata: only the "author" [1] of the data and its ciphertext length is known. [1] Technically not the author but the "binder", which is a specific term used in the protocol, but we're getting a little deep into the weeds. See here for more info about binders: https://github.com/Muterra/doc-golix/blob/master/whitepaper....
In Show HN: Hypergolix, “programmable Dropbox” with client-side encryption
nbadg·Jan 12, 2017
Hi HN, basically a one-man show here. Hypergolix just entered its alpha release, and I thought it would be an excellent opportunity for feedback. The fundamental motivation of the project is for individuals to retain autonomy over information they store on untrusted third-party servers; the hope is that Hypergolix can make "IoT" development easier with client-side encryption than without it. Some links: [1] Project website: https://www.hypergolix.com/ [2] Hypergolix source (~36k LoC): https://github.com/Muterra/py_hypergolix [3] Golix docs (the crypto protocol that powers Hypergolix): https://github.com/Muterra/doc-golix [4] Golix Python implementation (~5k LoC; needs rewrite): https://github.com/Muterra/py_golix [5] Hypergolix Slack channel: https://hypergolix.signup.team/
In Show HN: Hypergolix, “programmable Dropbox” with client-side encryption

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