Dat ecosystem struggles to escape hobbyist tier as P2P dream fades
Dat-ecosystem: high level applications built on top of P2P protocols
The Dat ecosystem, a collection of high-level applications built on peer-to-peer protocols, is the subject of a Hacker News discussion. Commenters note that Dat is mostly dead, with even the Beaker browser gone, while newer projects like Keet.io keep the P2P dream alive. They argue that without solving mobile NAT traversal and persistent seed incentives, such protocols remain stuck at hobbyist level.
Good to see Dat still alive, but without solve for mobile NAT traversal and persistent seed incentives, these p2p protocols never escape hobbyist tier.
- soltanov
Good to see Dat still alive, but without solve for mobile NAT traversal and persistent seed incentives, these p2p protocols never escape hobbyist tier.
- janandonly
I think DAT is mostly dead, even the Beaker browser is no longer around I think?
Anyways, new projects like Keet.io keep the p2p dream alive, or at least, give it a zombie-like undead experience.
- schmoooo
Another interesting dat-ecosystem project is an open source messenger as potentially an alternative to keet.