A peer-to-peer transmission and cloud storage meta-protocol
- Python implementation: https://github.com/lightningstorm-project/python-lightningstorm
A way to share information between two or more people by using one or more personal sharing nodes.
A node represents a person. It will store and share information from this person to others.
Other people nodes will constantly pool this node looking for new raindrops.
A raindrop is a data representation to be sent between nodes.
A raindrop has its metadata information together with the data payload.
- immutable (UUID4 for unique identification)
- serializable (MIME, JSON, ...)
- extensible (with custom headers)
Serialized in MIME/"HTTP-like" message format
UUID: e96e58c7-0df4-4bb0-9b28-c90e5de940bb
Created-Date: 2020-03-22T03:27:33.798618+00:00
Content-Type: application/octet-stream
Content-Lenght: 20
any binary payload��A raindrop just needs to have a UUID and a payload.
Raindrops will be sent through a medium.
Today, the most available form is the Internet, but a DVD, a pendrive or even a ham radio can be used to transmit raindrops from a node to another.
Each medium can have more than one form of transmitting raindrops.
For instance, a node running on a mobile phone can use the Dropbox app to share some raindrops. In this case, the other end only need to support HTTP to obtain these raindrops.