ActivityPub

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A decentralized social networking protocol used for federation between platforms.

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Placed in Assess: 2 article(s) of evidence from 1 source(s), led by open-source activity, with 1 in the last 30 days. Confidence 33%.

4Hacker News·7/27/2026research
Proposal for an HTTP-based email successor
The article proposes a hypothetical mail system built on HTTP instead of SMTP, using existing standards such as WebFinger, ActivityPub, JMAP, Ed25519, and HPKE. It argues that borrowing proven components could simplify discovery, delivery, identity, signing, and encryption while remaining separate from the legacy email ecosystem.
7Hacker News·7/2/2026open_source
PeerTube: a decentralized video platform
PeerTube is an open-source video platform designed to be decentralized and federated, allowing instances to interconnect rather than relying on a single centralized service. The project is hosted on GitHub and drew significant attention on Hacker News for its alternative approach to online video distribution.