![]() ![]() Every item added to a user log is called a message. It’s essentially an append-only log of signed JSON. The data structure resembles that of a linked-list. The ID is a hash of the message and signature. Think of a user feed as their own logbook, like a ship’s log (or Captain’s log for those Star Trek fans), where they’re the only one’s allowed to write to it, but have the ability to allow other friends or colleagues to read to their logbook if they so wish so.Įach message has a sequence number and the message must also reference the previous message by its ID. They write to the log by signing messages with their private key. Every user has an append-only immutable log that they can write to. Secure Scuttlebutt is a database of immutable append-only feeds, optimized for efficient replication for peer-to-peer protocols. In distributed systems, gossiping is a process for relaying messages in peer-to-peer fashion messages get spread around analogous to “word of mouth”. ( source)ĭominic came across the term scuttlebutt from a research paper he read. Sailors gathering around the scuttlebutt. The nautical slang is from sailors’ habits of gathering by the scuttlebutt to gossip, akin to watercooler gossip. This 19th century term for a gossip comes from the nautical Scuttlebutt: “a barrel of water kept on deck, with a hole for a cup”. If you’re wondering where the heck the name Scuttlebutt came from: Secure Scuttlebutt (ssb) was released shortly after which puts privacy at the forefront with more encryption features. Scuttlebutt was started in May 2014 by Dominic Tarr (dominictarr) as an alternative offline-first invite-only social network that allows users to gain total control of their data and privacy.
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