Thread · 11 tweets · 25 Apr 2023

IPFS is a public good. It's important that it stays that way, that it resists capture, and that it have great governance by and for its community. Which is why we had a full-day Community & Governance track: youtube.com/playlist?list=…

Opening discussion from @bmann and yours truly: youtube.com/watch?v=U2qvvQ… What is it that we're doing here? A short overview of the day.

What Should We Governance? also from @bmann and your humble servant: youtube.com/watch?v=svqlHO… An overview of the challenges we face and how we could fail — with skull and pre-mortem!

Interplanetary Specifications from @hacdias: youtube.com/watch?v=vQVnjE… A quick overview of the good stuff that recently landed in specs.ipfs.tech so that we have nicer community-led standards!

Specs & IPIPS — A Year In Review from @lidelOrg: youtube.com/watch?v=WcHlV6… All the improvement proposals you wanted to hear about!

Starmaps: A Cross-Team Roadmapping Tool by Bastien Dehaynin: youtube.com/watch?v=_HoLDQ… Check out starmap.site. Using a few basic Markdown conventions you can turn issues scattered across lots of GitHub repos into a roadmap.

Memory in Uncertainty from @helveticade: youtube.com/watch?v=TdiQGX… This is a presentation of Cade/New Design Congress's recent outstanding research on IPFS, archival, and much more. Don't miss it.

And @bmann returns with Open source governance, funding, etc.: youtube.com/watch?v=PysiAC… You know, those small details. (Cc @tobie)

I also provide a quick update on the Decentralized Data Compliance WG: youtube.com/watch?v=bIlji9… You know you want to join! Well the good news is that you can! It's over there: github.com/DDC-WG

IPFS+Friends Café from Yuni Graham & Nicole Schafer: youtube.com/watch?v=FII_9V… Do you want to gather people around you to talk IPFS? This is how to get started!

And to wrap up: community-led organisation of November's IPFS Camp in Bangalore, from Yuni Graham & Niki Gokani! youtube.com/watch?v=U5u54j…