About this episode
This episode discusses FIPS, an open source mesh networking project aimed at creating a middleman-free internet.
FIPS is an open source mesh networking project that enables devices to connect directly to each other without relying on any central servers or infrastructure. Today's internet depends on companies and governments that can monitor, censor, or shut down communication at will. FIPS solves this by giving every node a cryptographic identity and encrypting all traffic automatically, so no one in the middle can see or block what you're doing. Nodes discover each other and route messages through the mesh on their own, and regular apps like browsers and SSH clients work on top of it without any special setup. Arjen on Nostr: https://primal.net/p/npub1hw6amg8p24ne08c9gdq8hhpqx0t0pwanpae9z25crn7m9uy7yarse465gr Jonathan on Nostr: https://primal.net/p/npub19wavu4f7l6l43h24jyskn7fvzy37kcfp67aqjtmv2qgy4lp34nhsda8p6k FIPS Repo: https://gitworkshop.dev/npub1y0gja7r4re0wyelmvdqa03qmjs62rwvcd8szzt4nf4t2hd43969qj000ly/relay.ngit.dev/fips Tollgate: https://tollgate.me Sovereign Engineering: https://sovereignengineering.io/ EPISODE: 193 BLOCK: 939631 PRICE: 1465 sats per dollar (02:03) Introducing FIPS and the goal of a middleman free internet (04:16) Why static IPs fail for hosting and how…
People in this episode
Host: ODELL
Topics covered
- mesh networking
- decentralization
- cryptographic identity
- internet infrastructure
- peer-to-peer communication
Keywords
- FIPS
- mesh networking
- decentralized communication
- cryptography
- internet censorship
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: FIPS, Tollgate, Sovereign Engineering
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