DREAM enables Group P2P Collaboration

Distributed Replicated Edge Agency Machine

The PUBLIC DREAM is an ongoing research program part of the NGI initiative of the European Commission.

In 2021, we will research and build technical solutions to empower communities everywhere to independently collaborate in the local creation and maintenance of open knowledge. The goal of DREAM is to enable the convergence of distributed P2P networks and linked data models, within social solidary economy and organize among trusted groups.

For example, a group may collect, share, and edit local commons data offline, then synchronize these datasets with other trusted peers and enrich a globally distributed database that can be used from the Web and edited asynchronously by independent parties over the P2P network.

Announcing the DREAM Demo

The DREAM demo will be the first public demonstration of DREAM software associating P2P protocols and CmRDT-based implementation—also known as operation-based Conflict-free Replicated Data Types (CRDT). This demo will take place in person, in Brussels, on March 5, 2022, as part of the OFFDEM conference.

For Activists

During the year we will propose hands-on collaborative workshops to inform software development, exploring and refining patterns of group collaboration. Participants sharing similar interests can form a group and enhance their collaborative practices. They can choose to work and organize online or offline—when they reconnect to the Internet, they may optionally share their work globally.

For Developers

We're designing and documenting a peer-to-peer framework that others can build upon and will provide a set of reusable free software libraries, components and reference implementations. DREAM components are designed to work together but may be used independently:

DROMEDAR provides conflict-free replicated data structures to distribute linked data;
UPSYCLE provides a peer-to-peer networking system for private encrypted group collaboration;
SHRUTHI provides unikernel orchestration and provisioning capabilities.

DREAM Team

DREAM is part of the NGI POINTER funding scheme (NGI POINTER-20) and received a 200,000 € grant to research and develop DREAM components over the year 2021. The grant is handled by petites singularités, a non-profit based in Brussels.

This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme within the framework of the NGI-POINTER Project funded under grant agreement No 871528.
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Contact the team and learn how the project came about.