swarm roadmap

swarm roadmap

POC0.1: sworm

• underground dev testnet launched on BZZ day (3.22 is l33t for BZZ)
• create ansible and docker for node deployment
• a few public gateways

POC0.2 Homestead swarm

• rebase on geth 1.4

Release of content

• orange paper series released on swarm
• landing page for swarm with some minimal info

Roadmap for network (testing)

• see that private network is working correctly
• see that the private network is working and benchmarking the influence of block propagation gives satisfying results
• publish the two papers about the incentives
• upgrade to geth 1.4 or by that time maybe 1.5
• an upgraded swarm on a private network is opened up for public participation
• the private test network with community gives us another order of magnitude bigger network to test on
• homestead-compatible swarm is joining the Morden testnet
• swarm integrated in Mist and allowed on the main net

Issues to be resolved before feature tasks

• finish scripted network tests
• syncer, forwarder, depo unit tests
• remove [BZZ] tag from logs swarm - enhancement #2345
• support for separate url schemes for dns enabled, immutable and raw manifest - feature #2279
• deliveries should not enter the sync pool - enhancement #2046
• push on delete - feature #2045
• smart peer propagation enhancement feature #2044

Features

The features and enhancements below will be prioritised and for the basis of the various POC sprints starting Q2 2016

• Mist integration
  • storage monitoring and parameter setting API for Mist swarm dashboard
  • bzz protocol should implement info for reporting - feature #2042
  • swear registration API for Mist swarm dashboard
  • service management API for Mist swarm dashboard
  • swap reputation support - reputation and peer stats API for Mist swarm dashboard
• DNS and contract registrar rewrite
  • DNS ERC by @Arachnid
  • swarm DNS - enhancement #2422
  • implementation for EIP-26
  • swarm namereg/natspec rewrite - enhancement #2048
  • solidity contractInfo standard and contract source verification support
• network and bzz protocol improvements
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  • new p2p API integration - feature #2060
  • multinode swarm - inproc cluster support with swormhole kademlia
  • beeline retrieval using adhoc UDP callbacks - no beeline for anonymous browsing
  • configurable retrieval : +- beeline, +- proof response, +- priority +- erasure boost 16 types :)
  • leeching channels
  • protocol stack abstraction, pluggable subprotocols - hive/protocol refactor
  • unicast/multicast messaging over swarm - pss
• swarm DB support
  • SWarm On-demand Retrieval Daemon - feature #2049 = sword. ethereum state, contract storage, receipts, blocks on swarm
  • distributed indexing
• chunker and document level API improvements
  • integrate smash hash and swarm hash
  • rerwite chunk size encoding
  • basic masking - streaming-capable per-chunk encryption
  • uri based masking (plausible deniability)
  • Cauchy-Reed-Solomon erasure coding on chunker - see [sw^3 - orange paper 1]
  • manifest support for CRS and Encryption
  • poor man's DRM and copyright protection
  • integrity checking API
• improved file system support
  • skeleton manifests #2437
  • file system watcher - dropbox backend API
• Incentives
  • SWAP^3 - improved swap accounting with debt swaps and liquidity check
  • implement storage insurance as per swap, swear and swindle incentive scheme (if peer review positive)
  • swear and swindle solidity contracts
  • smash proofing [smash - orange paper 2] + solidity contract
  • automated audits with crash - collection-level recursive audit secret hash
  • throughput monitoring for improved peer ranking
  • price discovery and dynamic pricing strategies
• IPFS integration:
  • IPFS & SWARM
  • feature #2050