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Panelists Allen "Gunner" Gunn | Eric Berry | Justin Dorfman | Richard Littauer  Guest Dominic Tarr Show Notes Hello and welcome to Sustain! Our special guest today is Dominic Tarr, an open source sailor hacker person, calling from his boat in New Zealand.  He’s been instrumental in the early JavaScript scene. Dominic tells us how he got into open source, coding, and how he got involved in JavaScript and Event Stream. We will also learn what Dominic is doing now and how does he envision open source going forward. How does Dominic fund his life living on a boat? Download this episode now to find out!  [00:01:35] Dominic tells us how he got into open source, how he got into coding, how he ended up where he is today, and how he got involved in JavaScript. [00:06:45] Richard informs us that Dominic was in a group of influential people in Node JS who made a bunch of modules, one of them being Event Stream, which is Dominic’s. He also tells how many modules he’s written for NPM.  Dominic also talks about how he initially dealt with the “fixing the bug” issues, since he was making these modules in his spare time and coding for fun.  [00:10:00] Justin wants to know how Dominic got 700 modules and how did he manage it for as long as he did.  [00:12:02] Richard wonders what Dominic is doing now and how does he envision open source or JavaScript going forward if it’s not fun to work on.  [00:14:07] Eric wants to know if Dominic has any reflections or thoughts around the shift in the overall view of NPM over the years. [00:20:19] Richard wonders how Dominic’s funds his life because he lives on a boat.  [00:24:55] Where can you find Dominic on the internet? Find out here.  Spotlight    [00:25:16] Eric’s spotlight is called Mind Stream.    [00:25:47] Justin’s spotlight is EthGasStatio.info.   [00:26:15] Gunner’s spotlight is signal desktop.   [00:26:48] Richard’s spotlights are Scuttlebutt and Patchwork.   [00:27:11] Dominic’s spotlight is the Project Gemini.  Quotes [00:11:13] “We had this one SquatConf where we just had our own conference, and we kind of timed it with some other, like more boring conference that would fly people in and then we would be like, okay, now we’re all in this place and let’s just have our own thing.” [00:14:17] “So, for a long time, I guess before it became a corporation, I believe incorporated, before that it was very much open to everybody contribute and then it became a business, which obviously there’s good reason for it to become a business.” [00:23:13] “I’m not a terribly big fan of schemes to pay open source developers, especially the ones that are like based on some kind of charity thing. Either they’re like straight forward charity things like Gratipay, then you never got very much money or you have strings attached or something.” Links  Dominic Tarr Twitter NPM Mindstream EthGasStation Signal Scuttlebutt Patchwork Project Gemini  Credits  Produced by Richard Littauer Edited by Paul M. Bahr at Peachtree Sound Show notes by DeAnn Bahr at Peachtree Sound Special Guest: Dominic Tarr.Support Sustain

<h4>Panelists</h4> <p>Allen "Gunner" Gunn | Eric Berry | Justin Dorfman | Richard Littauer </p> <h4>Guest</h4> <p>Dominic Tarr</p> <h4>Show Notes</h4> <p>Hello and welcome to Sustain! Our special guest today is Dominic Tarr, an open source sailor hacker person, calling from his boat in New Zealand.  He’s been instrumental in the early JavaScript scene. Dominic tells us how he got into open source, coding, and how he got involved in JavaScript and Event Stream. We will also learn what Dominic is doing now and how does he envision open source going forward. How does Dominic fund his life living on a boat? Download this episode now to find out! </p> <p>[00:01:35] Dominic tells us how he got into open source, how he got into coding, how he ended up where he is today, and how he got involved in JavaScript.</p> <p>[00:06:45] Richard informs us that Dominic was in a group of influential people in Node JS who made a bunch of modules, one of them being Event Stream, which is Dominic’s. He also tells how many modules he’s written for NPM.  Dominic also talks about how he initially dealt with the “fixing the bug” issues, since he was making these modules in his spare time and coding for fun. </p> <p>[00:10:00] Justin wants to know how Dominic got 700 modules and how did he manage it for as long as he did. </p> <p>[00:12:02] Richard wonders what Dominic is doing now and how does he envision open source or JavaScript going forward if it’s not fun to work on. </p> <p>[00:14:07] Eric wants to know if Dominic has any reflections or thoughts around the shift in the overall view of NPM over the years.</p> <p>[00:20:19] Richard wonders how Dominic’s funds his life because he lives on a boat. </p> <p>[00:24:55] Where can you find Dominic on the internet? Find out here. </p> <h4>Spotlight</h4> <ul> <li>  [00:25:16] Eric’s spotlight is called Mind Stream. </li> <li>  [00:25:47] Justin’s spotlight is <a href="http://EthGasStatio.info" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">EthGasStatio.info</a>.</li> <li>  [00:26:15] Gunner’s spotlight is signal desktop.</li> <li>  [00:26:48] Richard’s spotlights are Scuttlebutt and Patchwork.</li> <li>  [00:27:11] Dominic’s spotlight is the Project Gemini.</li> </ul> <h4>Quotes</h4> <p>[00:11:13] “We had this one SquatConf where we just had our own conference, and we kind of timed it with some other, like more boring conference that would fly people in and then we would be like, okay, now we’re all in this place and let’s just have our own thing.”</p> <p>[00:14:17] “So, for a long time, I guess before it became a corporation, I believe incorporated, before that it was very much open to everybody contribute and then it became a business, which obviously there’s good reason for it to become a business.”</p> <p>[00:23:13] “I’m not a terribly big fan of schemes to pay open source developers, especially the ones that are like based on some kind of charity thing. Either they’re like straight forward charity things like Gratipay, then you never got very much money or you have strings attached or something.”</p> <h4>Links</h4> <ul> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/dominictarr?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dominic Tarr Twitter</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.npmjs.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">NPM</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.mindstreaminteractive.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mindstream</a></li> <li><a href="https://ethgasstation.info/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">EthGasStation</a></li> <li><a href="https://signal.org/en/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Signal</a></li> <li><a href="https://scuttlebutt.nz/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Scuttlebutt</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.electronjs.org/apps/patchwork" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Patchwork</a></li> <li><a href="https://gemini.circumlunar.space/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Project Gemini</a></li> </ul> <h4>Credits</h4> <ul> <li>Produced by <a href="https://www.burntfen.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Richard Littauer</a></li> <li>Edited by Paul M. Bahr at <a href="https://www.peachtreesound.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Peachtree Sound</a></li> <li>Show notes by DeAnn Bahr at <a href="https://www.peachtreesound.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Peachtree Sound</a></li> </ul><p>Special Guest: Dominic Tarr.</p><p><a href="https://opencollective.com/sustain-podcast" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">Support Sustain</a></p>

Episode 56: Dominic Tarr on Coding What You Want, Living On A Boat, and the Early Days of Node.js

In this week’s episode, we meet with Dominic Tarr, a protocol designer and security auditor at Least Authority who works on Scuttlebutt - a decentralized secure gossip platform. We discuss P2P messaging and the challenges of sending messages within a p2p network in a truly decentralised manner. Here are some links we mention:  https://github.com/ssbc/ssb-server https://www.allthingsdistributed.com/files/amazon-dynamo-sosp2007.pdf For more on Scuttlebutt, please have a look at these resources.  https://www.scuttlebutt.nz/ For more on Dominic, check out this article in the Atlantic - https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2017/05/meet-the-counterantidisintermediationists/527553/ If you like what we do:  Follow us on Twitter - @zeroknowledgefm Join us on Telegram - https://t.me/joinchat/B_81tQ57-ThZg8yOSx5gjA Support our Gitcoin Grant - https://gitcoin.co/grants/38/zero-knowledge-podcast Support us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/zeroknowledge  Or directly here:  ETH: 0xC0FFEE1B5083230a5154F55f253B6b6ae8F29B1a BTC: 1cafekGa3podM4fBxPSQc6RCEXQNTK8Zz ZEC: t1R2bujRF3Hzte9ALHpMJvY8t5kb9ut9SpQ  

<p>In this week’s episode, we meet with <a href="https://dominictarr.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dominic Tarr</a>, a protocol designer and security auditor at <a href="https://leastauthority.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Least Authority</a> who works on <a href="https://www.scuttlebutt.nz/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Scuttlebutt</a> - a decentralized secure gossip platform. We discuss P2P messaging and the challenges of sending messages within a p2p network in a truly decentralised manner.</p> <p>Here are some links we mention: <br/> <a href="https://github.com/ssbc/ssb-server" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://github.com/ssbc/ssb-server</a><br/> <a href="https://www.allthingsdistributed.com/files/amazon-dynamo-sosp2007.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.allthingsdistributed.com/files/amazon-dynamo-sosp2007.pdf</a></p> <p>For more on Scuttlebutt, please have a look at these resources. <br/> <a href="https://www.scuttlebutt.nz/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.scuttlebutt.nz/</a></p> <p>For more on Dominic, check out this article in the Atlantic - <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2017/05/meet-the-counterantidisintermediationists/527553/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2017/05/meet-the-counterantidisintermediationists/527553/</a></p> <p>If you like what we do: <br/> Follow us on Twitter - <a href="https://twitter.com/zeroknowledgefm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@zeroknowledgefm</a><br/> Join us on Telegram - <a href="https://t.me/joinchat/B_81tQ57-ThZg8yOSx5gjA" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://t.me/joinchat/B_81tQ57-ThZg8yOSx5gjA</a><br/> Support our Gitcoin Grant - <a href="https://gitcoin.co/grants/38/zero-knowledge-podcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://gitcoin.co/grants/38/zero-knowledge-podcast</a><br/> Support us on Patreon - <a href="https://www.patreon.com/zeroknowledge" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.patreon.com/zeroknowledge</a> <br/> Or directly here: <br/> ETH: 0xC0FFEE1B5083230a5154F55f253B6b6ae8F29B1a<br/> BTC: 1cafekGa3podM4fBxPSQc6RCEXQNTK8Zz<br/> ZEC: t1R2bujRF3Hzte9ALHpMJvY8t5kb9ut9SpQ  </p>

Episode 81: P2P Messaging & Scuttlebutt with Dominic Tarr

We’re joined by Dominic Tarr, a sailor, and the Founder of Secure Scuttlebutt. This curiously named project has a fascinating approach to creating a truly distributed social network. One might even say that Secure Scuttlebutt is “localized” as it gracefully degrades to Sneakernet, something few blockchain projects can claim. In actuality, the SSB protocol isn’t a blockchain in the traditional sense – each user’s feed acts as a sort of localized chain of posts, signed by their public key, and possibly encrypted for a friend's key to decrypt. When users meet, the system syncs their local databases using a gossip protocol and replicates the data. Encrypted data is transported from peer, to peer, to peer (or friends of friends) until it reaches its intended recipient. User may also optionally rely on public servers to sync data over the internet. Topics covered in this episode:  Daniels background and life living on a boat off the coast of New Zealand How being at sea gave him the idea for Secure Scuttlebutt What is Secure Scuttlebutt and what are the goals of the project The issues with centralization and redefining decentralization as a positive statement The notion that the technological singularity only serves the goals of centralized power How SSB stores information and how posts get propagates from between friends, and friends of friends How the network leverages “Pub” servers to sync data over the internet Usage of the platform and the communities which thrive there The cost of spam and how users protect against DDoS attacks The project’s funding and roadmap  Episode links:  Secure Scuttlebutt website Scuttlebutt Protocol Guide Manyverse mobile client Designing a Secret Handshake: AuthenticatedKey Exchange as a Capability System EfficientReconciliationandFlow ControlforAnti-Entropy Protocols Scuttlebutt: an off-grid P2P social network that runs without servers and can fall back to sneakernet The Nomad Who’s Exploding the Internet Into Pieces Counter-Anti-Disintermediation “The Third Web” interview with Dominic Tarr Dominic Tarr on Twitter  Sponsors:  Trail of Bits: Trust the team at the forefront of blockchain security research - https://trailofbits.com Azure: Deploy enterprise-ready consortium blockchain networks that scale in just a few clicks - http://aka.ms/epicenter  This episode is hosted by Sebastien Couture &amp; Friederike Ernst. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/290

<p>We’re joined by Dominic Tarr, a sailor, and the Founder of Secure Scuttlebutt. This curiously named project has a fascinating approach to creating a truly distributed social network. One might even say that Secure Scuttlebutt is “localized” as it gracefully degrades to Sneakernet, something few blockchain projects can claim. In actuality, the SSB protocol isn’t a blockchain in the traditional sense – each user’s feed acts as a sort of localized chain of posts, signed by their public key, and possibly encrypted for a friend's key to decrypt. When users meet, the system syncs their local databases using a gossip protocol and replicates the data. Encrypted data is transported from peer, to peer, to peer (or friends of friends) until it reaches its intended recipient. User may also optionally rely on public servers to sync data over the internet.</p> <p>Topics covered in this episode:</p> <ul> <li>Daniels background and life living on a boat off the coast of New Zealand</li> <li>How being at sea gave him the idea for Secure Scuttlebutt</li> <li>What is Secure Scuttlebutt and what are the goals of the project</li> <li>The issues with centralization and redefining decentralization as a positive statement</li> <li>The notion that the technological singularity only serves the goals of centralized power</li> <li>How SSB stores information and how posts get propagates from between friends, and friends of friends</li> <li>How the network leverages “Pub” servers to sync data over the internet</li> <li>Usage of the platform and the communities which thrive there</li> <li>The cost of spam and how users protect against DDoS attacks</li> <li>The project’s funding and roadmap</li> </ul> <p>Episode links:</p> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.scuttlebutt.nz/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Secure Scuttlebutt website</a></li> <li><a href="https://ssbc.github.io/scuttlebutt-protocol-guide/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Scuttlebutt Protocol Guide</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.manyver.se/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Manyverse mobile client</a></li> <li><a href="https://dominictarr.github.io/secret-handshake-paper/shs.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Designing a Secret Handshake: AuthenticatedKey Exchange as a Capability System</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.cs.cornell.edu/home/rvr/papers/flowgossip.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">EfficientReconciliationandFlow ControlforAnti-Entropy Protocols</a></li> <li><a href="https://boingboing.net/2017/04/07/bug-in-tech-for-antipreppers.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Scuttlebutt: an off-grid P2P social network that runs without servers and<br/> can fall back to sneakernet</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2017/05/meet-the-counterantidisintermediationists/527553/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Nomad Who’s Exploding the Internet Into Pieces</a></li> <li><a href="http://wiki.p2pfoundation.net/Counter-Anti-Disintermediation" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Counter-Anti-Disintermediation</a></li> <li><a href="https://soundcloud.com/arthurfalls/the-third-web-11-scuttlebutt-cypherspace" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">“The Third Web” interview with Dominic Tarr</a></li> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/dominictarr" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dominic Tarr on Twitter</a></li> </ul> <p>Sponsors:</p> <ul> <li>Trail of Bits: Trust the team at the forefront of blockchain security research - <a href="https://trailofbits.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://trailofbits.com</a></li> <li>Azure: Deploy enterprise-ready consortium blockchain networks that scale in just a few clicks - <a href="http://aka.ms/epicenter" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://aka.ms/epicenter</a></li> </ul> <p>This episode is hosted by Sebastien Couture &amp; Friederike Ernst. Show notes and listening options: <a href="https://epicenter.tv/290" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">epicenter.tv/290</a></p>

Dominic Tarr: Secure Scuttlebutt – The “Localized” but Distributed Social Network