Connect two iroh endpoints in five minutes
The road to iroh 1.0
It is done. After four years of work and various pivots we have released iroh 1.0.
TIL: Iroh: peer-to-peer networking for app developers
I came across Iroh (via, via) today as it hit 1.0 and found it a really interesting solution to a problem I knew existed but had not thought a lot about. Judging from the comment sections, it seems pretty clear that lots of people are confused as to exactly what Iroh is. I don’t think their launch post does their product justice at all, and their tagline is “IP addresses break, dial keys instead” which sounds cool, but if you think about it for just a second, you’ll end up with lots of questions. The biggest one is: “so how is this different from a mesh VPN like Tailscale, ZeroTier, Netbird, etc.?” It’s only after reading a lot of developers’ comments on the threads that I feel I understand: Iroh is aimed at application developers who want to communicate P2P between machines running their app, while mesh networks are aimed at network admins who want to connect devices they own/manage together.
blog.trillia.net
Sorrel is an idea for device management in applications that use Iroh. Iroh facilitates direct connections between devices using key pairs for identity/addressing. Once a device knows the public key of another device, Iroh will reliably (magically) connect them. But the device first needs to know which device it wants to talk to.
Deep dive into iroh: A replacement for WireGuard or a P2P layer for your application?
Just last week, the iroh project announced the release of its v1.0. What is iroh? Well, I'm glad you're asking because it's a very interesting project that I'm following for
Iroh global content discovery
How to discover content globally with iroh using BitTorrent mainline DHT.
savearoundtrip
Publish an HTTPS DNS record. Let browsers reach HTTP/3 on the first connection instead of wasting a round trip.
The Distance
If you’re seeing this, you’re here early. Thank you for trying things out. I’m building this in public and appreciate any and all feedback. With that, there are two main things I ask you to keep in mind.
Bitesize Proto: Two PDS containers at the same time; synchronized swimmers - Hitchhiker's Guide to the Atmosphere
Run two PDSs container instances on the same machine, or if crafty elsewhere.