DREAM enables Group P2P Collaboration

Distributed Replicated Edge Agency Machine

The PUBLIC - DREAM is an ongoing research program part of the - NGI initiative of - the European Commission. -

In 2021, we will research and build technical solutions to - empower communities everywhere to independently collaborate in the - local creation and maintenance of open knowledge. The goal of - DREAM is to enable the convergence of distributed - P2P networks and linked - data models, within social solidary economy and - organize among trusted groups.

For example, a group may collect, share, and edit local - commons data offline, then synchronize these datasets with other - trusted peers and enrich a globally distributed database that - can be used from the Web and edited asynchronously by - independent parties over the P2P network. -

For Activists

During the year we will propose hands-on collaborative - workshops to inform software development, exploring and refining - patterns of group collaboration. Participants sharing similar - interests can form a group and enhance their collaborative - practices. They can choose to work and organize online or - offline—when they reconnect to the Internet, they may optionally - share their work globally.

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For Developers

We're designing and documenting a peer-to-peer framework that - others can build upon and will provide a set of reusable free - software libraries, components and reference implementations. - DREAM components are designed to work together but may be used - independently: -

DROMEDAR provides conflict-free replicated data structures to distribute linked data;
UPSYCLE provides a peer-to-peer networking system for private encrypted group collaboration;
SHRUTHI provides unikernel orchestration and provisioning capabilities.

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DREAM Team

DREAM is part of the NGI POINTER funding scheme (NGI POINTER-20) and - received a 200,000 € grant to research and develop DREAM - components over the year 2021. The grant is handled by petites singularités, a non-profit based in Brussels.

Contact the team and learn how the project came about.

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