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```{index} Protocol; Secure Scuttlebutt
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# Secure Scuttlebutt
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## Feeds & Metafeeds
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- Peers maintain a list of feeds they subscribe to
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- When peers connect, they ask for updates to subscribed feeds
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- Metafeeds can provide metadata about other feeds, and can form a tree structure with other Metafeeds as subfeeds.
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- {index}`Bencoded <single: Encoding; Bencoding>` rather than JSON.
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```{mermaid}
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flowchart LR
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subgraph Main [Main Feed]
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mf["`Main Feed Posts
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*metafeed/announce*
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message`"]
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end
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subgraph Meta [Meta feed]
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direction TB
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mf1["`Metafeed posts
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*metafeed/add/existing
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message`"]
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mf2["`Metafeed posts
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*metafeed/add/existing
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message`"]
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mf3["`Metafeed posts
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*metafeed/add/derived
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message`"]
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mf4["`Metafeed posts
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*metafeed/add/existing
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message`"]
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mf1 --> mf2
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mf2 --> mf3
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mf3 --> mf4
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end
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subgraph SubfeedA [Subfeed A]
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direction LR
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sfa1["`Application specific
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message in subfeed`"]
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sfa2["`Application specific
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message in subfeed`"]
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sfa1 --> sfa2
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end
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subgraph SubfeedB [Subfeed B]
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direction LR
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sfb1["`Application specific
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message in subfeed`"]
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sfb2["`Application specific
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message in subfeed`"]
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sfb1 --> sfb2
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end
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subgraph SubfeedC [Subfeed C]
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direction LR
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sfc1["`Application specific
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message in subfeed`"]
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sfc2["`Application specific
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message in subfeed`"]
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sfc1 --> sfc2
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end
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subgraph SubfeedD [Subfeed D]
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direction LR
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sfd1["`Application specific
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message in subfeed`"]
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sfd2["`Application specific
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message in subfeed`"]
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sfd1 --> sfd2
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end
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Main --> Meta
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Meta --> SubfeedA
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Meta --> SubfeedB
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Meta --> SubfeedC
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Meta --> SubfeedD
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```
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Uses for metafeeds
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- Storing multiple network identities with a special feed off the user's root metafeed. (contents of metafeed entries can be encrypted)
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- Allow for multiple devices to use the same identity - https://github.com/ssbc/fusion-identity-spec
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- Device A `invite`s Device B to identity
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- Device B `consent`s
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- Device A `entrust`s phone with private key
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- Device B posts a `proof-of-key` message
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- If device B lost, `tombstone` the fusion identity message
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## References
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- https://ssbc.github.io/scuttlebutt-protocol-guide/ |