SAFE Network Primer

This repository contains the source files for primer.safenetwork.org.

An introductory guide to the world's first fully autonomous data and communications network

The SAFE Network is a secure, decentralized P2P network being developed by MaidSafe.

Contents

Background and fundamentals

A fully autonomous data network

Nodes and Clients

The architecture of the Safe Network

Node Age

Encryption and authentication

Network-wide consensus not required

Safe Network Token and Digital Bearer Certificates

Safe Network Anti-Entropy

Data types

How Safe Network defends against common types of cyberattack

The promise of the Safe Network

Contributing

By contributing to this website, you dedicate your work to the public domain and relinquish any copyright claims under the terms of the CC0 Public Domain Dedication.

Submitting a pull request

• Fork this GitHub repository and clone your fork locally on your computer.
• Install Node.js and other dependencies with the command npm install
• Test out your changes with the command npm run start
• When you're happy, push your changes up and open a pull request.

If you're not sure how to open a pull request, feel free to open an issue instead.

Public domain

This website is dedicated to the public domain under the CC0 Public Domain Dedication.