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# Comparison

All of this is TODO. Comparison to existing protocols and projects (just to situate in context, not talk shit obvs)

```{toctree}
:caption: P2P

bittorrent
ipfs
hypercore
spritely
```

```{toctree}
:caption: Social

activitypub
ssb
matrix
at_protocol
nostr
xmpp
```

```{toctree}
:caption: Linked Data

solid
ld_fragments
ld_platform
nanopubs
```

```{toctree}
:caption: Data Structures

eris
dmc
```

## To be categorized

- Agregore
- Arweave
- CAN
- Chord
- Earthstar - https://earthstar-project.org/
- Freenet
- Manyverse
- P2panda - v interesting! https://p2panda.org/
- SAFE
- Storj
- [Swarm](https://www.ethswarm.org/swarm-whitepaper.pdf)
	- not interesting, based around coins and smart contracts
	- kademlia routing
	- chunks stored by nodes close in hash space
- Repute.Social
- LinkedTrust.us


## Points of comparison

- not append-only
- metadata