On Safe Network (developed by Maidsafe)
* data is self encrypted client side
* IP is scrubbed and given a Kademlia or XOR address? I forget exactly
* qp2p (QUIC implementation in rustlang w/extra features) encrypts traffic
* nodes can’t choose their disjoint section (shard) and are randomly relocated (churn).
Nodes are made up from a ‘Safe’ (previously called ‘Vault’) executable file and some spare space on disk of everyday computers. Nodes first go through a short PoW resource proof so the network knows the nodes capabilities and how to place them. Sybil attacks are prevented in many ways including random placement in sections and random relocation, and node ageing, which is a way of incremental responsibility when a node behaves all the way into the next relocation event and that is halved if misbehaving or offline. You would have to control a significant portion of the network to cause a problem and would be cost prohibitive in most cases.
In a young network the highest risk comes from a ‘Google attack’ where they deliberately allocate their resources early on and either try to control the consensus or rug pull their resources which would cause massive data loss.
Safe Network also has Safe Network Token (SN) as an digital payment/incentive layer for providing or purchasing network resources (bandwidth/cpu/storage).
If you think CRDT’s or Asynchronous Trutworthy Transfers (AT2) are neat innovations you should definitely check it out as Maidsafe is really pushing the envelope there.
safenetforum.org
https://primer.safenetwork.org/
I’ve always been a bit disgusted by the blind faith put into Bitcoin, the tribalism that comes with the newest Blockchain project, and now the obsession over consensus when it’s really not the end all be all. The sustainability and energy concerns are too much for me. Regardless of if the energy needs of Bitcoin possibly promote the growth of renewable energy, it is still wasted resources and energy when there are more efficient solutions.
On top of the promise the cult of bitcoin see, most in the crypto sphere are just looking to get rich quick and get defensive because they are so invested in bitcoin or abc crapcoin instead of what made all of this interesting in the first place, decentralization, no central point of control or failure, trust-less, P2P, privacy and security.
I am extremely excited to see a principled company such as Maidsafe take the lead and blazing the trail to freedom by adopting such an innovation. Best of luck and I hope others see the potential past their bitcoin/blockchain goggles.
I’d be interested to know this as well. In the case of the SAFEnetwork, I believe smart contracts wouldn’t need to be part of at2 as they have BLS-DKG integrated into the system which can enable smart contracts that could interact with a wallet no problem. I’m certainly looking forward to how at2 works on a live network. AFAIK Maidsafe are the only ones to adopt this solution, so far. Could really disrupt the disruptors.