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Yggdrasil Network

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322 points BSDobelix | 1 comments | 16 Nov 24 10:58 UTC | HN request time: 0.215s | source
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hahajk ◴[16 Nov 24 14:57 UTC] No.42156739[source]▶
Ok, so as I understand it, yggdrasil and cjdns are virtual P2P networks that offer the normal layer 3 routing services, but built on top of the existing internet. So they still require ISPs and internet backbones, etc.

Are there any projects attempting to build a worldwide P2P network that can replace the IP layer? Like a mesh network that can operate without verizon, cisco routers, etc? I know of some mesh network technologies aimed at small disconnected networks but nothing consumer-facing and supporting anything more than a few thousand nodes.

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1. YesThatTom2 ◴[16 Nov 24 15:45 UTC] No.42156954[source]▶
IP was originally an overlay network on top of the telco network.

That has many benefits most importantly it makes adoption easy.

Now we run telco networks over IP for legacy apps. If this Yggdrasil stuff is successful, I presume eventually we’ll run IP over it for legacy systems.