What is the Diode Network?

The Diode Network is a decentralized public communications network that enables edge devices and servers to publish and consume content without using centralized technology. It was designed to addres…

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Where did the name “Diode” come from?

We went back and forth with a ton of different potential names. We wanted the name of the technology and network etc… to connote something that really small things could interact with, and something…

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What is a Fleet Contract?

In the context of the Diode Network, a Fleet Contract is a decentralized smart contract that stores and manages the identities of clients (public keys) that have permissions to communicate with each…

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What is BlockQuick(TM)?

Developed by the Diode team, BlockQuick is the first super light client protocol for Ethereum that addresses the issue of man-in-the-middle attacks and eclipse attacks. It is capable of preventing at…

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How is Diode different than other Web3 protocols?

We are seeing a number of players in the ecosystem doing some great work developing frameworks to build blockchains. But Diode has a different approach. Diode is a blockchain which empowers developer…

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Can I run Diode on a router or a computer?

Absolutely, the Diode Client can be ran on routers and computers - the Diode Network is the only decentralized network in the world with fully trustless direct connectivity to small devices. One of t…

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How is publishing a website with Diode better than other solutions?

Three of the immediate feature adds vs. other solutions are: You can publish content to a globally unique “domain” name of your choice. It’s free. If you want to limit access to just a few viewers, y…

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What are some applications that can be created with the Diode Network?

You can build all kinds of Web3 applications on Diode. Take agriculture projects for example. There are lots of things you can do with agriculture. The most straightforward application would be monit…

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How do I publish my local webserver?

See the Getting Started Guide and the Publish a Local Webserver Guide.

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Can I publish a podcast with Diode?

Yes, you can certainly publish your podcast with Diode. A major difference between Spotify and Diode is that when uploading content to Spotify, the Spotify company owns your content; therefore, they…

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If I can access my Raspberry Pi through the local network via HTTP/SSH, why do I need Diode?

SSH: If you’re not local, Diode is the only choice. (SSH is not using PKI) \ Usually nobody is checking the remote key - so Diode is better since you don’t have to. HTTPS: Even if you’re local, there…

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What is the BlockQuick(TM) Consensus Reputation Table?

The BlockQuick Consensus Reputation Table (CRT) is a key security policy which BlockQuick adopts when validating a block. The CRT is constructed on each client based on the last known block headers i…

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Is video streaming content stored on the Diode Network?

No, the Diode Network is a p2p relay network which transmits the streaming content. In the Pi video example, we were using a shared port to broadcast the video data live to all participants. The bloc…

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Is Diode similar to IPFS?

IPFS is about static file storage - it does that really well. The Diode Network is more of a communications or streaming network - the Diode network doesn’t store information, it makes it available.…

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Is Diode similar to IOTA?

IOTA is non-functional for IoT use cases apart from Demos and prototypes. It has at least two big problems: IOTA doesn’t have smart contracts. This limits use cases to 0.1% of what is possible. IOTA…

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How do I get my business comfortable with blockchain technology?

The persuasion of software engineers and business leaders will be a road we have to travel. The word “blockchain”, frankly speaking, scares some people from industry. However, there are a growing num…

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Is every DNS change stored into the blockchain forever?

This question came from some comments from Hacker News : “So every DNS change is stored into the blockchain, forever? Will you have to download terabytes and terabytes of the blockchain in order to s…

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What is the difference between a full node, a light client, and a super light client?

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Is Diode a permissioned or permissionless blockchain?

Diode is a permissionless, decentralized public blockchain which requires minimal computational power to join.

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How is Diode for video streaming different from Raspberry Pi's “raspivid” command?

Diode adds to the “raspivid” command three superpowers: Global reachability under any http://.diode.link domain. Broadcast to hundreds or thousands of video watchers. Access control using Ethereum id…

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Why did you want to design edgeRPC? Why not gRPC or JsonRPC?

At this stage, we use edgeRPC to allow nodes to interact with devices. We started out with ASN1 (like OpenSSL - super small binary format), and there is a chance that we would start using JsonRPC.

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Why does BlockQuick use the last 100 blocks only? Why not more or less?

The current proof of concept clients are working with consensus table sizes of 100. What we learned in Ethereum is that small miners are fluctuating a lot, while big miners stay for very long periods…

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How big is the BlockQuick consensus reputation table?

The BlockQuick consensus reputation table is not designed to keep the whole history of the blockchain. Instead, the reputation table is based on the last 100 block headers. Block headers are much sma…

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How are you using websockets?

The default Diode Go Client has a built-in capability to convert any binary TCP socket into a websocket. So, for example, the Raspberry Pi video streaming demo is simply publishing the raw video to a…

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How to compile binary files on a Raspberry Pi in a more efficient way?

Cross-Compiling is a common way to compile binaries on your machine and copy them to the Pi. There are tutorials for different languages: C/C++: https://blog.kitware.com/cross-compiling-for-raspberry…

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If you are using OpenSSL, does it mean you are using a CGo compiler?

Yes, we use CGo to call C functions.

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Did you experience any “inconsistency issues” when using OpenSSL?

This question refers to the fact that the functions in OpenSSL could be different depending on different use cases (e.g. the function interface parameters could be different). When choosing a secure…

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What is a Canonical Member of a Fleet Contract?

A Canonical Member of a Fleet Contract is a Client Identity that has been added, via a transaction on the Diode Network, to the Fleet Contract. Since Fleet Contracts are by default private (you canno…

Updated 1 month ago by Hans

Can I assign a new Client Address to an existing BNS name?

Yes you can. If you use MetaMask to manage the BNS name , you can go to the Diode Network Explorer's BNS page and simply enter a new Client Address / ID in the box provided under the BNS name. You mu…

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Can anyone join a Fleet without permission?

No - only the Fleet creator can add/remove Clients from a Fleet. You can use the Diode Network Explorer's Fleet page to view and manage your Fleets. If you don't have MetaMask setup yet, do that firs…

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