Gitchain: Decentralized P2P Git Repos aka "Git meets Bitcoin"

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Post by patrickaljord » Fri, May 16, 2014, 11:52 PM UTC

Gitchain: Decentralized P2P Git Repos aka "Git meets Bitcoin"
kickstarter.com

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Post by patrickaljord » Fri, May 16, 2014, 11:57 PM UTC

Not mine but I thought it was pretty cool so I pledged. It's in golang, open source and there's already code on github https://github.com/gitchain/gitchain (disclosure: I never met Yurii but I know him from the internet).

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Post by azinman2 » Sat, May 17, 2014, 12:33 AM UTC

I'm a bit confused as to what's trying to be achieved. Is this trying to use the blockchain as storage for a git repo?

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Post by autodidakto » Sat, May 17, 2014, 12:36 AM UTC

I recently ran into two github repos that were taken down due to DMCA requests. It's a weird feeling.

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Post by saraid216 » Sat, May 17, 2014, 12:37 AM UTC

Am I the only person who saw P2P and read "pay to play" rather than "peer to peer"?

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Post by yrashk » Sat, May 17, 2014, 12:41 AM UTC

azinman2 wrote: post #3

I'm a bit confused as to what's trying to be achieved. Is this trying to use the blockchain as storage for a git repo?

Using its own blockchain as a ledger and a DHT network as a storage layer

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Post by Rhapso » Sat, May 17, 2014, 1:10 AM UTC

I like this idea. Why is it on kickstarter?

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Post by cjbprime » Sat, May 17, 2014, 1:20 AM UTC

yrashk wrote: post #6

azinman2 wrote: post #3

I'm a bit confused as to what's trying to be achieved. Is this trying to use the blockchain as storage for a git repo?

Using its own blockchain as a ledger and a DHT network as a storage layer

Are the git objects themselves stored in the DHT, or is it just (like a trackerless torrent) the connection information needed to find peers willing to send you those objects?

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Post by wmf » Sat, May 17, 2014, 1:29 AM UTC

It seems like maybe the git support could be separated from the P2P storage layer, which is a very difficult problem in its own right.

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#10

Post by yrashk » Sat, May 17, 2014, 1:46 AM UTC

Rhapso wrote: post #7

I like this idea. Why is it on kickstarter?

I want to dedicate all of my working time to this project this summer!