Mastodon is in the news lately and there is a lot of fresh interest. This article will take you through the background of what it is, why it’s experiencing a surge in popularity and how you can participate in “The Fediverse” from an individual, group or node operator level. What is Mastodon? Mastodon is an […]
Open Source
Solving the “Fake Twitter Profile” Problem using DNS
Recently, an article I wrote for Bitcoin Magazine talked about how we can use DNS underscore scoping to better abstract Lightning addresses and even create a de facto specification that could work on any resource (like a wallet or a smart contract) across all blockchains.
Introducing CHAPPS: the Caching, Highly-Available Postfix Policy Service
What is a Postfix Policy Service? Providing email services to a large number of customers requires a number of moving parts. Postfix is a tried and trusted SMTP server; it has a large feature set which is already too large. In order to avoid having even more features to control email policy, Postfix provides a […]