Open Source Tools Research
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experimentationWe serve neighborhoods. We are a tool for communities and we cater to the ultra private.
We would like to experiment with using a private Tor network hosted by members of the community. We would like to experiment with making the routes provided by the network discoverable by public collusion for a very short amount of time (<24 hours).
We seek your help to test feasibility and analyze the design for weaknesses.
You may focus on the proposed solution and refine it, or provide well reasoned alternatives. Our goal is to allow routes to be unmasked if the request is made to the whole network, and if the participants agree to cooperate.
We have a proposed design to achieve this, but we are always looking for a better way to build the mousetrap. We will share the specific details of our proposed solution when the task begins.
As CTO at a startup, supervision falls to me. I've been coding for over three decades, and I've done a little bit of everything. I will offer feedback, answer questions, and contribute in any way I can.
About the company
Web42 helps neighbors smoothly connect their lives and resources. We help expand local opportunities from within and without. We help bring back the neighborhood. We accomplish this with KYN (Know Your Neighbors) & its dApps.
KYN
• fully decentralized network of neighborhood networks
• By design, CAN’T be evil – Anonymized & decentralized, Web42 never sees neighbors’ data sans explicit request.
• Features incl. near-Sybil-proof self-sovereign identity, robust discuss/decide/do, community-safe anonymity help neighbors connect lives & resources like enterprises.
• Features incl. guardian identities & peer-verified community reps also mean better connections for marginalized
dApps
• human-centric
• support neighbors seamlessly accessing KYN’s power
Joelio
• 1st dApp
• helps:
o people make 3 close friends within a 5-minute walk
o neighbors build real-life webs-of-trust - integral to resilient & inclusive neighborhoods
o end cycles of loneliness and polarized distrust