Secure Scuttlebutt#

Feeds & Metafeeds#

  • Peers maintain a list of feeds they subscribe to

  • When peers connect, they ask for updates to subscribed feeds

  • Metafeeds can provide metadata about other feeds, and can form a tree structure with other Metafeeds as subfeeds.

    • Bencoded rather than JSON.

flowchart LR subgraph Main [Main Feed] mf["`Main Feed Posts *metafeed/announce* message`"] end subgraph Meta [Meta feed] direction TB mf1["`Metafeed posts *metafeed/add/existing message`"] mf2["`Metafeed posts *metafeed/add/existing message`"] mf3["`Metafeed posts *metafeed/add/derived message`"] mf4["`Metafeed posts *metafeed/add/existing message`"] mf1 --> mf2 mf2 --> mf3 mf3 --> mf4 end subgraph SubfeedA [Subfeed A] direction LR sfa1["`Application specific message in subfeed`"] sfa2["`Application specific message in subfeed`"] sfa1 --> sfa2 end subgraph SubfeedB [Subfeed B] direction LR sfb1["`Application specific message in subfeed`"] sfb2["`Application specific message in subfeed`"] sfb1 --> sfb2 end subgraph SubfeedC [Subfeed C] direction LR sfc1["`Application specific message in subfeed`"] sfc2["`Application specific message in subfeed`"] sfc1 --> sfc2 end subgraph SubfeedD [Subfeed D] direction LR sfd1["`Application specific message in subfeed`"] sfd2["`Application specific message in subfeed`"] sfd1 --> sfd2 end Main --> Meta Meta --> SubfeedA Meta --> SubfeedB Meta --> SubfeedC Meta --> SubfeedD

Uses for metafeeds

  • Storing multiple network identities with a special feed off the user’s root metafeed. (contents of metafeed entries can be encrypted)

  • Allow for multiple devices to use the same identity - https://github.com/ssbc/fusion-identity-spec

    • Device A invites Device B to identity

    • Device B consents

    • Device A entrusts phone with private key

    • Device B posts a proof-of-key message

    • If device B lost, tombstone the fusion identity message

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