[Freedombox-discuss] whisper it's a secret.

[Joseph Nuthalapati]

[Nick B-T]
>/A long time ago I asked how likely it might be to include an ethereum />/node in the freedombox. />//>/An interesting development in the whisper protocol (the dark routing />/part of the ethereum stack) is the inclusion of a male server. here is />/the overview for those who are interested./
>
https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/wiki/Whisper-Overview#mail-server
<https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/wiki/Whisper-Overview#mail-server>


From what I understand, Whisper is a Peer to Peer communication protocol
for communication between DApps running on ethereum nodes. So each
FreedomBox user must run an ethereum node.

2 years ago, Markus Sabadello wrote a great answer to the earlier
question about running an ethereum node on the FreedomBox.
https://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/freedombox-discuss/2015-November/006998.html

I suppose my response would've been similar.

Seems like the main problem would be that Ethereum is really resource
hungry to be able to run on Single Board Computers.
https://ethereum.stackexchange.com/questions/27360/ethereum-node-hardware-requirements

The documentation on Whisper says:
"It was designed to provide resilience and privacy at considerable
expense. At its most secure mode of operation, Whisper can theoretically
deliver 100% darkness."

The 4th use case on this page seems relevant to FreedomBox.
https://github.com/ethereum/wiki/wiki/Whisper

I'm new to smart contracts and DApps and don't fully understand how to
use this for anonymous communications yet. I found one DApp Demo called
Whisper Chat Client.
https://www.stateofthedapps.com/dapps/whisper-chat-client
Maybe there will be further improvements in the future.

We should approach this on a use case basis and also see if there are
cheaper solutions for the same use case. I understand the pain that
there's currently no email server on the FreedomBox.

BTW, there's a new decentralized network which recently caught my
attention, called ZeroNet which offers email, forums, blogs and other
communication platforms but is light-weight enough to run on a
FreedomBox running on a SBC.
https://zeronet.readthedocs.io/en/latest/

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Regards,

Joseph Nuthalapati

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