biton — the Internet potluck

[misaakidis]

Description

biton (https://bitonproject.org) is a peer-to-peer network built around swarms — groups of peers that store encrypted files and relay requests through one another. biton swarms interconnect in a global network that provides plausible deniability, meaning that adversaries cannot be sure about who originally made a request. In this way, biton can be used for evading information controls and for building community networks around local data and services.

Type: virtual workshop and online gathering
Length*: 1 hour
Date:
Duration: workshop (once); Our Networks biton swarm (ongoing)
Language: English

*Note: all talks will be capped at 30 minutes with time for discussion and questions

Objective

• Participants understand how biton works, and how to join a local community swarm.
• Bootstrap a biton swarm for the Our Networks community.
• Get feedback on the biton design and the needs of decentralized application developers.

Material and Technical Requirements

Platform: [ videoconferencing | https://orbit.bitonproject.org ]
Technical considerations: Participants can join biton by visiting https://join.bitonproject.org, or running the nodejs client.
Additional considerations: biton is a peer-to-peer network and therefore some configurations require high bandwidth. Users over capped connections (such as mobile data) should join as light clients.

Presenter(s)

Name: Marios Isaakidis
Email: marios@bitonproject.org
Url(s): bitonproject.org
Twitter: @misaakidis
GitHub: misaakidis

Presenter Bio

Marios Isaakidis is a hacktivist and PhD researcher at University College London. Currently he is developing biton, a peer-to-peer network built around communities, as an OTF Senior Fellow in Information Controls at the University of Waterloo.