DSNP Specification
Welcome to the Decentralized Social Networking Protocol (DSNP) specification. Here you can find the detailed specification documentation for DSNP, official DSNP system specifications, and associated specifications.
Goals & Purpose
Free communication among users on the Internet faces a variety of problems in the modern day. These challenges include censorship by state and corporate actors, the amplification of misinformation through viral content, and an ever-shrinking collection of near monopolies with absolute power over social interaction in the twenty-first century. Through DSNP, we hope to mitigate and ideally solve these challenges in the way social interaction operates online.
How to Read This Specification
There are three core specifications and one system specification currently. Each specification is divided into several modules. Each module describes a mostly self-contained aspect of the specification.
Core Specifications
| Name | Version | Description |
|---|---|---|
| DSNP | 1.3.0 | The system-agnostic DSNP specification |
| Activity Content | 1.3.0 | A specification for DSNP-referenced content (subset of W3C Activity Streams) |
| Verifiable Credentials | 1.3.0 | Use of W3C Verifiable Credentials and DIDs with DSNP |
System Specifications
| Consensus System | DSNP System Specification |
|---|---|
| Frequency | DSNP Over Frequency |
Versioning
DSNP specification versions follow Semantic Versioning 2.0 for releases.
Contributions
Development occurs on GitHub. All interactions must follow the Code of Conduct and Contribution Guidelines.
Learning More
In addition to this document, more resources regarding the project can be found at DSNP.org, including the blog, forum, code repositories, and other supporting software libraries and examples.