⛵️ Captain.log - libp2p JavaScript Implementation 🌟

[daviddias]

Following ipfs/js-ipfs#30, I'll be writing a log of what are the current goals and update the state of libp2p JavaScript Implementation 🚢

[daviddias]

LOG - Week of December 21

Update:

• libp2p swarm example is available https://github.com/diasdavid/js-libp2p/tree/master/examples/level1-swarm
• Initial work on utp transport: µTP #7
• Initial work on tls crypto channel: TLS 1.3 #9

Next:

• Update mdns-discovery to use the latest multicast-dns
• Review and agree on what will be the final interface names used for libp2p components Sprint Dec 14 ipfs/team-mgmt#74 (comment)
• Have a tls connection upgrade
• Support fully utp

Notes:

[daviddias]

LOG - July 9, 2017

I'm here to share a fully new update on this libp2p's captain log! 🌟📖🌟

⬢ libp2p now has a logo!

And of course, it is a hexagon ⬢

We are super happy about it, it symbolizes the composability of libp2p's modules by piecing together a beautifully colored cub out of Tetris-like blocks. We will have Stickers soon :)

🌐 New shiny website libp2p.io

Well, in case you didn't notice yet, we've launched over a couple months ago the new https://libp2p.io Website and it is fantastic!

🤖 libp2p now has a reddit

It is still recent but here it is https://www.reddit.com/r/libp2p. Help us populate it with awesome content about libp2p, bring in your experiments, demos, prototypes, we would love to seem them all! :)

🐦 libp2p also has a twitter account

A great way to keep posted in recent libp2p developments is by following libp2p's twitter account. If you are in the Twittersphere come and say hi!

🚪 New single entry point

Now, https://github.com/libp2p/js-libp2p is the entry point for all your libp2p needs. It has a ton of new amazing documentation, links to talks, links to other packages and more.

👩🏽‍🏫 New examples to get you up ramped up!

Check out the new Examples and Tutorials section, it has a ton of new examples that will help you understand and get you up to speed on how to use all of libp2p's features! Some of the Tutorials are:

• 🚌 Tutorial: How does libp2p handle multiple Transports (TCP, WebSockets, WebRTC, UTP and more)
• 🎢 Tutorial: Protocol and Stream Multiplexing (you can cross the streams!)
• 🔐 Tutorial: Encrypt and Authenticate your Connections
• 👀 Tutorial: Using Peer Discovery Mechanisms to find other peers in the network (MDNS, Railing and more)
• 🌐 Tutorial: libp2p running in the Browser (using WebRTC + WebSockets

What we are working on

• Moar examples, follow the work on: 🌟 Make stellar examples for libp2p fun! 🌟 #95
• Circuit Relay: The spec is almost fully official, see: The Circuit Relay Specification specs#22
• Fully compatible DHT with go-libp2p: We currently have a working DHT (aka Peer Routing and Content Routing) implementation, however, there are some hiccups when using it with go-libp2p. We are investigating these issues.

Thank you!

libp2p is getting more mature by the day. I really appreciate everyone that has contributed, either with bug fixes, reports, tests, features or even spec review.

I hope that you enjoyed this update as much as I enjoyed writting it. Enjoy the rest of your weekend!

[daviddias]

I'm officially closing this edition of the Captain.log. It was fun times to write this update to you all but overtime it become a too large time sink and with very little impact given that we have now:

• Weekly Calls https://github.com/ipfs/js-ipfs/blob/master/MGMT.md
• Project Tracking https://github.com/ipfs/js-ipfs/blob/master/MGMT.md

See you in the other channels!