This was actually announced/released last year. It is absolutley fascinating and deserving of HN (IMHO).

> Veilid is an open-source, peer-to-peer, mobile-first, networked application framework.

Website: https://veilid.com/

Overview: https://veilid.com/docs/overview/

Slides from the Defcon presentatino: https://veilid.com/Launch-Slides-Veilid.pdf

Code: https://gitlab.com/veilid/veilid

Has VeilidChat (or anything else running on top of Veilid) been released? The page for that (https://veilid.com/chat/) says its code will be released “in the coming weeks”; the whole Veilid site looks unchanged since its initial publication back in 2023.

Edit: ah, some bouncing around through their FAQs found a repo for it that has commits within the last week/month: https://gitlab.com/veilid/veilidchat - looks like “hand this to your non-technical friends” is still a very long way away.

I had high hopes for Veilid when it was unveiled (ha) but I stopped hearing about it soon after it was published online. Veilid Chat didn't really seem to work once I found the source code and except for a few "hello world" networking programs I haven't seen anything use the protocol yet. The official website doesn't seem to be getting any updates anymore.

A shame, because this has a lot to offer, in my opinion.

Wow. Today I learned CdC and ACiD are still a thing. ;-)

Thanks for posting this. Even though slightly old, still timely and relevant.

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