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…

Updated 3 years ago by Yahsin Huang

Where did the name “Diode” come from?

Diode is an amalgamation of the terms “ D istributed I nternet O f DE vices” The Diode Network allows all sorts of apps/devices/systems - servers, routers, cell phones, laptops, Raspberry Pis, Arduin…

Updated 2 years ago by Yahsin Huang

What is a Fleet Contract?

All Clients using the Diode Network must be listed in a Fleet Contract in order to be able to communicate. Sometimes a Fleet Contract is also referred to as a Perimeter. A Fleet Contract sponsors or…

Updated 1 month ago by Yahsin Huang

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…

Updated 2 years ago by Yahsin Huang

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…

Updated 3 years ago by Yahsin Huang

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…

Updated 3 years ago by Yahsin Huang

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…

Updated 3 years ago by Yahsin Huang

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…

Updated 3 years ago by Yahsin Huang

How do I publish my local webserver?

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

Updated 3 years ago by Yahsin Huang

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…

Updated 3 years ago by Yahsin Huang

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…

Updated 3 years ago by Yahsin Huang

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…

Updated 3 years ago by Yahsin Huang

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…

Updated 3 years ago by Yahsin Huang

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.…

Updated 3 years ago by Yahsin Huang

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…

Updated 3 years ago by Yahsin Huang

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…

Updated 3 years ago by Yahsin Huang

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…

Updated 3 years ago by Yahsin Huang

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

Updated 3 years ago by Yahsin Huang

Is Diode a permissioned or permissionless blockchain?

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

Updated 3 years ago by Yahsin Huang

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…

Updated 3 years ago by Yahsin Huang

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.

Updated 3 years ago by Yahsin Huang

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…

Updated 3 years ago by Yahsin Huang

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…

Updated 3 years ago by Yahsin Huang

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…

Updated 3 years ago by Yahsin Huang

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…

Updated 3 years ago by Yahsin Huang

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

Yes, we use CGo to call C functions.

Updated 3 years ago by Yahsin Huang

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…

Updated 3 years ago by Yahsin Huang

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 3 years ago by Hans

How do I get DIODE tokens?

At the current time, the primary way to get DIODE is to participate in one of the Diode Token Bounty Programs. In all cases, you need a wallet to receive DIODE - follow the Configure Metamask article…

Updated 2 years ago by Hans

How does Diode make money?

Although we offer a lot of capabilities as open source and for free, our primary source of revenue is from the paid Diode App plans.

Updated 9 months ago by Hans

What are the hardware requirements for running a Diode client?

Diode uses the BlockQuick algorithm to uniquely enable communication with and via the Diode Network. BlockQuick has relatively small hardware resource requirements, allowing it to be ran on almost an…

Updated 2 years ago by Hans

Are DIODE tokens worth anything?

Since DIODE enable communications on the Diode network , they are providing real value when compared to the cost that the same communications would have on traditional Internet infrastructure.

Updated 2 years ago by Hans

Why doesn't the ARM64 Diode client / CLI work on my platform?

I have recently installed the diode client on an arm64 Ubuntu 18.04 platform, but when I installed using the install script, the installation fails. And, when I install the diode client manually, the…

Updated 2 years ago by Hans

Why are images broken in certain MD files?

As of July 2023, there is a bug with the Diode App in which images cannot be added to markdown files if the file has a parentheses character, either ( or ) , in its file name or in its file path. If…

Updated 4 months ago by Hans

What is Diode Drive's Deleted Files Backup?

A popular use case for Diode Drive is to use it as an always-on remote backup system. An important part of this capability is protecting the Zone from accidental file deletions by Team Members - this…

Updated 2 years ago by Hans

What is BNS?

BNS stands for Blockchain Name System - the Diode Network implements a fully decentralized BNS using smart contracts to bind "friendly names" (BNS names) to network addresses (like Ethereum addresses…

Updated 2 years ago by Hans

What can I do with the free version of Diode Drive?

Diode offers a free version of Diode Drive for individuals to use. Our goal with the free version is to make the system as functional as we would want to use for our own personal use (and we do use i…

Updated 2 years ago by Hans

How do I use DIODE tokens?

You can use the DIODE token to Stake Fleet Contracts or Miners on the Diode Network. Fleet Contracts All communication on the Diode Network must be sponsored by a Fleet Contract (entities communicati…

Updated 2 years ago by Hans

What is the Diode CLI?

The Diode Command Line Interface (CLI) is the easiest way to get up and running with the full power of the Diode Network. It is a small program that can be installed on Linux, MacOS, or Windows and r…

Updated 2 years ago by Hans

Where can I install Diode Drive from?

Diode Drive is in public Beta - the downloads page allows you to download and evaluate dDrive.

Updated 2 years ago by Hans

How do I change my Diode Drive account / profile?

When signing up for Diode Drive as a new user, the first thing you configure is your Account Name - this Account Name is globally unique and allows others using Diode Drive to know with whom they are…

Updated 2 years ago by Hans

What is a Diode Drive Light Zone?

A Diode Drive "Light Zone" is a term used when you set the Zone's "File Syncing" option to "Disabled" in Diode Drive. In this sync mode, the device will not automatically download files, or file chan…

Updated 2 years ago by Hans

How do I use a different wallet for the Diode CLI?

Use the -dbpath option. For example: diode -dbpath=/home/pi/.config/diode2/private.db publish -public 80:80

Updated 4 weeks ago by Hans

How do I stake my Diode tokens for mining?

You can use the console to add stake for your miner. The following example will stake 5 Diode, if available in your balance. To test if the transaction will work: Shell.call_from(Diode.miner, Diode.r…

Updated 2 years 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…

Updated 3 years ago by Hans

What is Diode's Privacy Policy and what are the Terms of Service?

These documents are posted online - they are linked in the footer of each https://diode.io website page: https://diode.io/privacy-policy/ & https://diode.io/msa/

Updated 2 years ago by Hans

Are my communications via the Diode Network encrypted?

While all sorts of communication can be accomplished at a low level with the Diode Network (encrypted and non-encrypted), Diode Drive, Diode CLI, and other applications Diode deploys use 256bit end-t…

Updated 2 years ago by Hans

How do I completely remove Diode Drive from my computer?

MacOS. Remove the "dDrive" application from the Applications folder. WARNING: Before taking the next step, if you have not created a backup of your account, you will lose your username forever Remove…

Updated 2 years ago by Hans

Diode Drive won't start

If Diode Drive won't start on your system, it could be that the auto-update process failed. Despite the auto-update process using a checksum to validate the update was successful, there have been rep…

Updated 10 months ago by Hans

Is there a Diode Token?

Yes! The Diode Token, the "DIO", is a utility token that is used by the Diode Network to enable communications and other network activity. You can view the state of the Diode Network in the Diode Net…

Updated 3 years ago by Hans

Why don't I see my miner stake - how long will it take for my stake to be shown?

After running the console commands to stake Diode to my miner, my DIOs are gone but my staked DIOs are still 0 (checked with Shell.get_miner_stake(me) ) - what is going on? The Diode Network enforces…

Updated 2 years ago by Hans

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…

Updated 3 years ago by Hans

Can I open my Zone's files/folders from within the Diode Drive app?

Yes, you can open your folder or Zone in your file explorer from Diode Drive directly. To do this, simply click on the orange box icon located on the far right of a Zone's File.

Updated 2 years ago by Kai

How do I change my Fleet / Perimeter?

The Fleet Contract (AKA Perimeter) can be changed using the diode config parameters. Open terminal. Type diode config to list the current config settings. It will show something like: Copy your new f…

Updated 1 month ago by Hans

Can dDrive use a BNS name I registered via the CLI?

If you've registered a BNS name via the Diode CLI, you can use it as your dDrive name by using this command from the CLI: diode bns -register <thename>=<the_ddrive_address> You can find <the_ddrive_a…

Updated 3 years ago by Hans

Is Diode Drive really "unlimited storage" ?

Diode Drive is a peer to peer collaboration, file sharing, and backup system that relies on the computers, servers, and other storage devices that you, or a trusted collaborator, control (an informat…

Updated 1 year ago by Hans

Why does Diode use Google analytics - is that counter to your mission?

Since most people still use Google search, Google Analytics tells us when there are search issues with our website. It also allows us to submit correction and no-spam indications through the Google s…

Updated 2 years ago by Hans

Where is my local wallet stored?

Diode client applications use a local "wallet" to store credentials that enable their trustless interaction with the Diode Network. The location of the wallet files are shown below. Note that interac…

Updated 4 weeks ago by Hans

Is blockchain really an advantage for Diode Drive?

Diode Drive uses the Diode Network, which leverages certain blockchain-based capabilities. We're using the blockchain to register unique usernames, drive addresses and store drive memberships (public…

Updated 2 years ago by Hans

Why should I use Diode Drive instead of https://syncthing.net/?

Syncthing vs Diode Drive

Updated 2 years ago by Hans

Is it safe to use SSH via Diode on the public Internet?

Although it is the safest to not expose any surface at all to the Internet, SSH can be one of the safest interfaces to expose - it is made for that purpose. There are many articles on the Internet, s…

Updated 2 years ago by Hans

Where does the Diode client / CLI save the certificate file path and key path?

From the command line, type diode gateway --help The response specifies the default locations, as well as the CLI args -privpath and -certpath

Updated 2 years ago by Hans

What is the Diode Drive backup code used for?

Your Diode Drive account's backup code can be used to restore your Account if you lose access to it for any reason. It is a secret code that you should write down and store somewhere safe as soon as…

Updated 2 years ago by Hans