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I see that it can work for certain kinds of app at small scale
Well, it really depends the design of the network youāre trying to work on. For local mesh networks, which scales a lot better then existing infrastructure, SSB scales way better, as discovery simply works. It would be the perfect fit for a huge array of the most common applications, as most applications would be āsocialā, as that is what communication should be for (not for profit).
Thereās no reason to use a single protocol, which would be the equivalent of using a single medium to convey all information. SSB is designed to convey social information, and thus itās amazing for it. For many other use cases thereās Dat, which is designed to convey data. SAFE does all that and much more, but with the cost of Safe Coins. Thatās a big entry barrier for users. Thinking on the most scalable physical network solution, which are mesh networks, Datās and SSBās barriers are close to none.
Of course SAFE, because of itās complexity, has many other powers. Thus we should still use and advance it for more bureaucratic stuff such as money, laws, contracts, etc. But in a community level those things should be used the least possible. So scale depends on what youāre trying to achieve.
give me a basic setup that you expect to work well for this and we can go from there
Iām working on the best possible set of instructions to get started with SSB as part of a grant for the community and would love to help anyone out with this
Thereās this getting started guide which is what I used to get in, and worked alright for me. There are other clients with more experimental features, but Patchwork is the most mature. Iām helping out with the mobile app development which is still in alpha, but you can also try it out.
As part of a community network project in the village I live, Iām designing and developing an application ecosystem which uses SSB and Dat. You can try out the pre-alpha, but itās meant to run on a mesh network, so Iām not even bothering with discovery for now.
Please start another thread here to help anyone else interesting in getting on-board, better bridging the communities. SAFE is already part of the discussion within SSB community. Just be aware that the SSB community is less about profit and more about cooperation, which may be a different fit for some of this community.