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November: Fognet Web SDK

We started working on the Fognet Web SDK, an online development environment for creating and deploying decentralized applications that can run on the Fognet or the regular internet. We are now integrating the IOTA javascript libraries directly into this development environment, so anyone can get started building p2p apps on the Tangle! We aim to have the SDK finished before the summer.

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December: P2P web server

We have been working with a variety of boards and protocols to find the best solution for resilient mesh networking. We’ve integrated a web server into the Fognet node, enabling web apps to be hosted directly from the SD card built into the node. This will allow Fognet and IOTA-powered applications to be created, shared, and served in a completely decentralized way!

January: Ideation Workshop

We hosted an ideation and design workshop at UW with folks involved in natural disaster readiness and response projects, including the Seattle Emergency Response Training group. We worked with these groups to understand how ad-hoc mesh networks could be deployed to enable communities help each other during emergency situations, even if cell towers or electrical service goes down. This workshop has helped us understand the layers of trust that neighborhood networks need to be built upon.

February: Hardware prototypes

We experimented with antennas, batteries, and case designs, so that nodes can be portable and operate without depending on any centralized grid.

March: Presentation

Last week we demonstrated the Fognet hardware prototype and example apps at University of Washington. We showed people how to quickly connect their smartphone to the Fognet and communicate directly with their friends in the area. If you are in Seattle and want to check it out, there will be another project showcase on June 7th.

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Thanks for reading, feel free to buy us a coffee with an IOTA token donation, so we can keep building! All of the code for Fognet will be open-source.