From c6b4053efea37980ec86b1b188147186ad81aee2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jay Graber Date: Tue, 9 Jun 2020 15:00:42 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Add line about ssb --- protocols/ssb.md | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/protocols/ssb.md b/protocols/ssb.md index 8b36efa..fb03c7a 100644 --- a/protocols/ssb.md +++ b/protocols/ssb.md @@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ Ssb, or secure-scuttlebutt, is a distributed gossip protocol designed for social sharing. Identities are cryptographic key pairs, feeds are a signed append-only sequence of messages, and nodes use a gossip protocol to disseminate content. Feeds can be thought of as essentially personal blockchains. +Ssb is based on the idea that your social network mirrors your actual communication network, and your network peers mirror your actual peers. + Users are distributed across a few different client apps that work on desktop (Patchwork) and mobile (Manyverse, Planetary). ### Identity