Post #3962465

2026-07-20 14:51 UTC

SLUFI is published! https://thegoodwork.substack.com/p/slufi A Simple, Lightweight, Unopinionated, Federation Interconnect. The problem: While numerous network transports exist (cjdns, Yggdrasil, I2P, Tor, etc), and numerous name services exist (Namecoin, ENS, Unstoppable Domains, PKT, etc), almost all federation takes place over ICANN+IP because we currently have no way to federate across network boundaries, and ICANN+IP is the only thing that everybody has. I claim that there is no possible solution SIMPLER than SLUFI, except with central authority or PRECIPITOUS loss of security. Furthermore, I claim there is no possible solution that is more secure than SLUFI, except with something like a blockchain and a PRECIPITOUS loss of simplicity. So while I do not think this protocol is complete (yet), I do think SLUFI is the only realistic starting point for reaching a solution to this problem. Tagging some people who might be interested: @sun@shitposter.world @lain@lain.com @p@fsebugoutzone.org @mint@ryona.agency @jaff@mk.magicka.org @silverpill@mitra.social I probably forgot a bunch of very important people, apologies in advance...

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@Yoruka@eientei.org 2026-07-20 17:01

@cjd@pkteerium.xyz @p@fsebugoutzone.org @lain@lain.com @silverpill@mitra.social @jaff@mk.magicka.org @mint@ryona.agency @sun@shitposter.world a real standard or another alternative although seems cool

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@silverpill@mitra.social 2026-07-20 17:52

@cjd@pkteerium.xyz @p@fsebugoutzone.org @lain@lain.com @jaff@mk.magicka.org @mint@ryona.agency @sun@shitposter.world The problem: While numerous network transports exist (cjdns, Yggdrasil, I2P, Tor, etc), and numerous name services exist (Namecoin, ENS, Unstoppable Domains, PKT, etc), almost all federation takes place over ICANN+IP because we currently have no way to federate across network boundaries, and ICANN+IP is the only thing that everybody has. I already solved that problem: https://codeberg.org/fediverse/fep/src/branch/main/fep/ef61/fep-ef61.md It is a transport-agnostic federation protocol that is backwards compatible with ActivityPub.

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