Twister (software)

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The fully decentralized P2P microblogging platform

Twister running on linux
Original author(s) Miguel Freitas
Developer(s) Open Source on Github, Miguel Freitas, Lucas Leal
Initial release December 30, 2013 (2013-12-30)
Development status Active Alpha
Operating system Unbuilt only GNU/Linux,[1] Mac OS X,[2] Microsoft Windows,[3] and Android [4]
Size 1 MB
Available in English
Type Social network service, microblogging
License MIT and BSD licenses
Website twister.net.co

Twister is an experimental microblogging peer-to-peer platform, implemented as a distributed file sharing system. Being completely decentralized means that no one is able to shut it down, as there is no single point to attack. The system uses end-to-end encryption to safeguard communications.

Overview

Twister is an experimental peer-to-peer microblogging software. User registration and authentication is provided by a Bitcoin-like network, so it is completely distributed and does not depend on any central authority. Distribution of posts uses kademlia distributed hash table (DHT) network and BitTorrent-like swarms, both provided by libtorrent. Included versions of both Bitcoin and libtorrent are highly patched, and intentionally not interoperable with the already existing networks.

Miguel Freitas began development on Twister in July 2013 to address the concerns of free speech and privacy. Building off the work of bitcoins and bittorrent, he was able to have the core working by October 2013. Lucas Leal was hired to create HTML and CSS for the user interface, with Miguel writing required JavaScript code. 2,500 users registered in the first six days of operation.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Github Default build guide for linux Twister". http://twister.net.co/. 2014-01-01. Retrieved 2014-01-11. 
  2. ↑ "Github build guide for mac". http://twister.net.co/. 2014-01-08. Retrieved 2014-01-11. 
  3. ↑ "Github build guide for mac". http://twister.net.co/. 2014-07-08. Retrieved 2014-01-11. 
  4. ↑ "FAQ Guide by Twister". http://twister.net.co/. 2013-10-24. Retrieved 2014-01-11. 
  5. ↑ "Twister: The Fully Decentralized P2P Microblogging Platform". http://slashdot.org. 2014-01-08. Retrieved 2014-01-11. 
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