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Seed Hypermedia: bringing scalable collaboration to the decentralized Web

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This paper presents "Seed Hypermedia," an innovative architecture for scalable and decentralized collaboration on the web. It integrates elements such as digital signatures, peer-to-peer (P2P) gossip protocols, and distributed hash tables (DHT) to create a robust, secure, and user-managed content system. The core of Seed Hypermedia is a decentralized, indexable network designed to support deep-linking and fine-grained access to content, leveraging IPFS for immutable data storage and CRDTs for managing version-controlled documents. This system enables collaborative editing with a high degree of data integrity through a directed acyclic graph (DAG) of changes, allowing users to maintain ownership and control over their contributions. The architecture promotes a more democratic web environment by decentralizing the indexing and retrieval of content, significantly reducing the reliance on central servers. By integrating advanced cryptographic techniques and a peer-to-peer networking model, Seed Hypermedia aims to empower creators and communities, ensuring permanence, traceability, and scalability in digital content management.

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HT '24: Proceedings of the 35th ACM Conference on Hypertext and Social Media
September 2024
415 pages
ISBN:9798400705953
DOI:10.1145/3648188
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  1. Seed hypermedia
  2. decentralized architecture
  3. hypertext system
  4. open collaboration

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