#securescuttlebutt — Public Fediverse posts

so happy people at #dwebcamp shared wonderful memories of #SecureScuttlebutt and showed interest in Poncho Wonky app.

Those of you that want take it for a ride, binary releases are at:

https://github.com/soapdog/patchwork/releases/tag/v5.3.0

#decentralization

so happy people at #dwebcamp shared wonderful memories of #SecureScuttlebutt and showed interest in Poncho Wonky app.

Those of you that want take it for a ride, binary releases are at:

https://github.com/soapdog/patchwork/releases/tag/v5.3.0

#decentralization

folks at #dwebcamp, do you know that I been maintaining a fork of Patchwork #SecureScuttlebutt client called Poncho Wonky? I brought it up to date with dependencies and added a lot of features, some of which I described in:

https://andregarzia.com/2026/01/three-months-of-poncho-wonky.html

I added many more since then including multiple identities, a goodreads alternative and so on.

If you need help onboarding to #SSB come find me at the camp, I will help you. I'm easy to spot, look for the blue hair and neck tattoo.

If you just wanna grab a binary release for Poncho Wonky:

https://github.com/soapdog/patchwork/releases/tag/v5.3.0

The source is also available there.

Keep Scuttling,
Andre

folks at #dwebcamp, do you know that I been maintaining a fork of Patchwork #SecureScuttlebutt client called Poncho Wonky? I brought it up to date with dependencies and added a lot of features, some of which I described in:

https://andregarzia.com/2026/01/three-months-of-poncho-wonky.html

I added many more since then including multiple identities, a goodreads alternative and so on.

If you need help onboarding to #SSB come find me at the camp, I will help you. I'm easy to spot, look for the blue hair and neck tattoo.

If you just wanna grab a binary release for Poncho Wonky:

https://github.com/soapdog/patchwork/releases/tag/v5.3.0

The source is also available there.

Keep Scuttling,
Andre

Arrived in #berlin for #dwebcamp, can’t wait to see everyone. It has been too long.

If you see me around, ask me about #SecureScuttlebutt 🐚

Arrived in #berlin for #dwebcamp, can’t wait to see everyone. It has been too long.

If you see me around, ask me about #SecureScuttlebutt 🐚

This new #deno desktop feature is quite interesting. I might try to revive Oasis using it...

#SecureScuttlebutt is the most fun ghost ship I ever crewed in.

This new #deno desktop feature is quite interesting. I might try to revive Oasis using it...

#SecureScuttlebutt is the most fun ghost ship I ever crewed in.

for those that enjoyed #SecureScuttlebutt in the past, you might be happy to hear that I forked Patchwork and made it compile with a recent stack and added a bunch of features.

I am shipping binaries for macOS, Linux, Windows for both amd64 and arm64. The macOS binaries are signed.

You can get the releases from:

https://github.com/soapdog/patchwork/releases/

I wrote a bit about the journey so far in a couple blog posts:

https://andregarzia.com/2026/01/three-months-of-poncho-wonky.html

#decentralisation #decentralization #localfirst #dweb  

for those that enjoyed #SecureScuttlebutt in the past, you might be happy to hear that I forked Patchwork and made it compile with a recent stack and added a bunch of features.

I am shipping binaries for macOS, Linux, Windows for both amd64 and arm64. The macOS binaries are signed.

You can get the releases from:

https://github.com/soapdog/patchwork/releases/

I wrote a bit about the journey so far in a couple blog posts:

https://andregarzia.com/2026/01/three-months-of-poncho-wonky.html

#decentralisation #decentralization #localfirst #dweb  

I bet it would be really cool if somebody modified the Heltec #meshtastic firmware so that it's broadcast in ad hoc open Wi-Fi connection with a dead drop public dashboard. Or even a #SecureScuttleButt node #ssb

made six releases of Poncho Wonky #SecureScuttlebutt client in 41 days adding loads of features and fixes:

https://ssb.muchmuch.coffee/%25c4M39wzB%2BqYmVIEt4Fj0x3tOzFTT%2BtFVQ8OdEdeR1xI%3D.sha256

That is what happens when #FOSS developers get small #grants :3

Help fund FOSS plz.

made six releases of Poncho Wonky #SecureScuttlebutt client in 41 days adding loads of features and fixes:

https://ssb.muchmuch.coffee/%25c4M39wzB%2BqYmVIEt4Fj0x3tOzFTT%2BtFVQ8OdEdeR1xI%3D.sha256

That is what happens when #FOSS developers get small #grants :3

Help fund FOSS plz.

I hate notarization on #macOS #development so much. Just ready to push an update to my #SecureScuttlebutt client, got the github action building the app for all platforms just to fail on macOS cause Apple changed a license agreement so the CI was failing 403 until I went to their developer portal to agree.

I'm shipping FOSS apps, going through this hops is so absurd.

I hate notarization on #macOS #development so much. Just ready to push an update to my #SecureScuttlebutt client, got the github action building the app for all platforms just to fail on macOS cause Apple changed a license agreement so the CI was failing 403 until I went to their developer portal to agree.

I'm shipping FOSS apps, going through this hops is so absurd.

В контексте блокировок, белых списков, анализа трафика, реестров с реестрами реестров и прочих чрезвычайно полезных для безопасности (в том числе, детей) мероприятий.
Феди, что думаете относительно Nostr и SSB?

Например, 0xChat и Manyverse? Как оно вообще сейчас в РФ работает? Можно ли более-менее спокойно общаться с друзьями без необходимости жонглировать КВН и без прочих увеселительных мероприяитий?

Понятно, что там могут быть некоторые проблемы с приватностью, но так и мы не партизаны-герильяс :)

#rufedi #ru #nostr #ssb #securescuttlebutt

В контексте блокировок, белых списков, анализа трафика, реестров с реестрами реестров и прочих чрезвычайно полезных для безопасности (в том числе, детей) мероприятий.
Феди, что думаете относительно Nostr и SSB?

Например, 0xChat и Manyverse? Как оно вообще сейчас в РФ работает? Можно ли более-менее спокойно общаться с друзьями без необходимости жонглировать КВН и без прочих увеселительных мероприяитий?

Понятно, что там могут быть некоторые проблемы с приватностью, но так и мы не партизаны-герильяс :)

#rufedi #ru #nostr #ssb #securescuttlebutt

Poncho Wonky can now remote drive SSB servers. You can import an identity and then set a remote for it. Instead of running it locally by starting a background process when you run it, it will instead just start the client process and connect to it.

That brings Poncho Wonky to parity with Patchfox in terms of identity management.

It only took like five years :3

#SecureScuttlebutt #Decentralization

Poncho Wonky can now remote drive SSB servers. You can import an identity and then set a remote for it. Instead of running it locally by starting a background process when you run it, it will instead just start the client process and connect to it.

That brings Poncho Wonky to parity with Patchfox in terms of identity management.

It only took like five years :3

#SecureScuttlebutt #Decentralization

Am so happy. Today, I succeeded in two important tasks for my Poncho Wonky fork of the #SecureScuttlebutt client Patchwork.

Today, I managed to import an identity from a secret's file (as in keys) and also from a word export (as in list of word mnemonics)

So now Poncho Wonky can restore old identities people had in other devices including moving Manyverse identities into Poncho Wonky.

Am so happy. Today, I succeeded in two important tasks for my Poncho Wonky fork of the #SecureScuttlebutt client Patchwork.

Today, I managed to import an identity from a secret's file (as in keys) and also from a word export (as in list of word mnemonics)

So now Poncho Wonky can restore old identities people had in other devices including moving Manyverse identities into Poncho Wonky.

oooii
somebody toss me a follow on #ssb #securescuttlebutt
@4c3NtV5p+7MRCwinLcD+dVMgz2rGbX2wF/ZtDxBA/Lw=.ed25519
pwease!
and check out the newest version of Patchwork: Poncho Wonky

Just added a tool to help free up disk space used by blobs in Poncho Wonky.

#SecureScuttlebutt keeps moving forward regardless of naysayers.

If you're running Patchwork, you should consider migrating to my fork Poncho Wonky.

#SSB #Decentralization

Just added a tool to help free up disk space used by blobs in Poncho Wonky.

#SecureScuttlebutt keeps moving forward regardless of naysayers.

If you're running Patchwork, you should consider migrating to my fork Poncho Wonky.

#SSB #Decentralization

Has #Scuttlebutt #SSB #SecureScuttlebutt already solved the infinite storage problem? Or does it still use a forever growing blockchain?

#RightToBeForgotten #PermanentRecordsConsideredHarmful

Has #Scuttlebutt #SSB #SecureScuttlebutt already solved the infinite storage problem? Or does it still use a forever growing blockchain?

#RightToBeForgotten #PermanentRecordsConsideredHarmful

Lots of exciting #decentralization protocols and technology out there. Some are not ready for usage, others are not following the paradigm I prefer, I love that we're spoiled for choice.

IMO I still love #SecureScuttlebutt, for me it is still the best offline-first local-first gossip protocol out there. Yes, it has dangerous corners and design issues, but it works and I can build apps with it for my friends.

Lots of exciting #decentralization protocols and technology out there. Some are not ready for usage, others are not following the paradigm I prefer, I love that we're spoiled for choice.

IMO I still love #SecureScuttlebutt, for me it is still the best offline-first local-first gossip protocol out there. Yes, it has dangerous corners and design issues, but it works and I can build apps with it for my friends.

Wrote a little piece about getting back into #SecureScuttlebutt #development. Today marks three months since I decided to fork and improve #Patchwork:

https://andregarzia.com/2026/01/three-months-of-poncho-wonky.html

#SSB still my favourite #decentralization technology :3

Wrote a little piece about getting back into #SecureScuttlebutt #development. Today marks three months since I decided to fork and improve #Patchwork:

https://andregarzia.com/2026/01/three-months-of-poncho-wonky.html

#SSB still my favourite #decentralization technology :3

Hey y'all, for the past month or so I got really interested about the project Secure Scuttlebutt, so after taking the time learn more about it, I thought would be nice to try that in a game.

I don't know much about cryptography, but I tried my best to make it work. There are still a lot of things missing from the original protocol (like secret handshake, etc)

#ssb #securescuttlebutt

The other day Mrs List and I were talking about when the kiddos should start having their own phones. We didn't really come to a conclusion besides "Not yet, but soon enough to upset some of the other parents we've encountered."

I kind of wish I had the resources to make a dedicated @pzp or #SecureScuttlebutt device (maybe isolated from the main SSB network) and give one each to the kiddos and their friends.

The other day Mrs List and I were talking about when the kiddos should start having their own phones. We didn't really come to a conclusion besides "Not yet, but soon enough to upset some of the other parents we've encountered."

I kind of wish I had the resources to make a dedicated @pzp or #SecureScuttlebutt device (maybe isolated from the main SSB network) and give one each to the kiddos and their friends.

Got #Patchwork from #SecureScuttlebutt updated to Electron 39 and signed and notarized for macOS. If you're still using #SSB, it would be cool to get some feedback on that release. It is the first release in like four years.

https://github.com/soapdog/patchwork/releases/tag/v4.0.1

Again, use it at your own risk. Backup your accounts.

For those wondering what this is all about, checkout:

https://scuttlebutt.nz

Got #Patchwork from #SecureScuttlebutt updated to Electron 39 and signed and notarized for macOS. If you're still using #SSB, it would be cool to get some feedback on that release. It is the first release in like four years.

https://github.com/soapdog/patchwork/releases/tag/v4.0.1

Again, use it at your own risk. Backup your accounts.

For those wondering what this is all about, checkout:

https://scuttlebutt.nz

hey #SSB friends, can someone who still on the network double check if my recent posts are replicating.

I'm attempting a foolish quest of bringing some of Patchwork up to date with current Electron version and arm64 support and am not sure how well I have it running at the moment.

#SecureScuttlebutt

hey #SSB friends, can someone who still on the network double check if my recent posts are replicating.

I'm attempting a foolish quest of bringing some of Patchwork up to date with current Electron version and arm64 support and am not sure how well I have it running at the moment.

#SecureScuttlebutt

@ticho @kkarhan @delta @torproject

Been there tried that and failed #SecureScuttleButt

If you folks are really interested in a protocol that is fully decentralized so that you don't have to worry about anyone else getting between you and your connections, there actually is one and it has been chugging along for YEARS, largely ignored by anyone even “in the field”: Secure Scuttlebutt. It's peer-to-peer (no servers, no admins, no mods) and “offline first” (TBH, this is probably my favorite feature: no Internet connection needed!)

https://staltz.com/an-off-grid-social-network.html

2/

#SecureScuttlebutt #SSB

If you folks are really interested in a protocol that is fully decentralized so that you don't have to worry about anyone else getting between you and your connections, there actually is one and it has been chugging along for YEARS, largely ignored by anyone even “in the field”: Secure Scuttlebutt. It's peer-to-peer (no servers, no admins, no mods) and “offline first” (TBH, this is probably my favorite feature: no Internet connection needed!)

https://staltz.com/an-off-grid-social-network.html

2/

#SecureScuttlebutt #SSB

S2E3 - Rabble from Nos.Social

https://spectra.video/w/d5qYALwsLW1pGUPEZrDW7F

S2E3 - Rabble from Nos.Social

https://spectra.video/w/d5qYALwsLW1pGUPEZrDW7F

Following the success (sarcasm!) of my previous post "Battle of IMs", I decided it's time to write another post where I try to articulate in a technical but snarky way my view on the wonderful world of social media, and which one is best among the mainstream and non-mainstream ones. This is a long post, reviewing 14 different "socials".

https://gagliardoni.net/#20250818_battle_of_socials

#socialmedia #social #privacy #selfsovereignty #security #digitalsovereignty #mastodon #nostr #bluesky #ssb #securescuttlebutt #facebook #meta #tiktok #threads #x #twitter #diaspora #friendica #linkedin #xing #instagram

Following the success (sarcasm!) of my previous post "Battle of IMs", I decided it's time to write another post where I try to articulate in a technical but snarky way my view on the wonderful world of social media, and which one is best among the mainstream and non-mainstream ones. This is a long post, reviewing 14 different "socials".

https://gagliardoni.net/#20250818_battle_of_socials

#socialmedia #social #privacy #selfsovereignty #security #digitalsovereignty #mastodon #nostr #bluesky #ssb #securescuttlebutt #facebook #meta #tiktok #threads #x #twitter #diaspora #friendica #linkedin #xing #instagram

Today, our podcast features an interview with an Internet OG: Evan Henshaw-Plath, aka Rabble. We talk about Twitter, Secure Scuttlebutt, and the evolution of Nostr!

what if instead of always-on feeds, we had digital gardens?
what if media responded to weather, to light, to rest?
what if the internet could nap?

solarsocial is another seed. a theoretical framework.
it’s not just for disruption. it’s for re-rooting.

https://robotameri.ca/logbook/solarsocial/

#p2p #beakerbrowser #dat #solarpunk #securescuttlebutt

A question for folks familiar with #SecureScuttlebutt :

How does joining a pub affect the visibility of my posts?

Let's say I have a friend that I follow on ssb already, and I want to sync with them over the internet. If we each join the same pub, do other members of that pub who don't follow me get to see my posts? Are there other variables at play here that I should be aware of? Thanks!

:boost_love: #boostsWelcome

@zelf >This study explores the development and implementation of Peer-for-Peer (P4P) networks, a family of open-source, peer-to-peer, and local-first communication protocols. Rooted in the principles of complexity theory and an ontological basis in complex realism, the research examines how small, modular, and community-driven infrastructures can serve as adaptive solutions in response to ecological, social, and technological crises. Through a mixed-methods approach, including interviews with nine case studies and an in-person workshop, the study identifies design principles that enable resilience and sustainability in P4P ecosystems. Findings highlight the critical role of modularity—both technical and social—in fostering self-organization, adaptability, and mutual aid within decentralized networks. The study also introduces the concept of "nested isomorphism," revealing how the structural patterns of technical systems influence the organizational structures that develop them. P4P protocols, such as Willow, Mapeo, and Scuttlebutt, demonstrate the viability of localized and distributed communication infrastructures that prioritize user agency and digital sovereignty. These systems challenge the colonial structures of global internet infrastructure by empowering communities to build and maintain their own resilient networks. This research contributes to complexity theory by expanding the understanding of self-organizing systems and isomorphic tendencies of technical and organizational structures. The research presents a framework for designing future communication infrastructures that align with principles of sustainability and inclusivity. The implications of these findings extend to the fields of open-source development, decentralized networks, and adaptive infrastructure design, offering pathways toward a more equitable and resilient digital future.

Well shit! That sounds really interesting!

#SecureScuttleButt #SSB #decentralization #torrent #p2p #fediverse #federation #foss #meshnet #meshtastic #ActivityPub #lora #iot

After Zuck & Friends recent hatespeech, I guess it is time to put even more efforts into #decentralization

Pity I dislike how expensive and chatty #activitypub protocol is. Maybe it is time for me to get back into some #SecureScuttlebutt #SSB development.