https://diode.zone/videos/watch/924e02b6-6189-47f7-b947-93ad87af8b83 This is my opening keynotefrom the Denver Rust conference "Colorado GoldRust", in 2019. It was originally uploaded on youtube, but I've kindly been given access to the original video file to upload it here as well! Internet communication has become nearly ubiquitous in our lives, most of which is happening via centralized services and infrastructure. It might even sometimes seem like there's no real alternative to staying in touch with people this way. And while maybe not relevant to everyone’s everyday life, at times of crisis relying on centralized services and infrastructure can become dangerous. During the 2011 internet blackout in Egypt and more recently, in Hong Kong during the 2019 protests, Telegram, an encrypted messaging app, was DDoSed and resulted in activists and protestors losing their ability to organize. It was the former event that inspired the creation of an ad-hoc communication app, called "qaul.net"! Decentralized infrastructure and services are a reality that save lives and enable people to communicate freely, without government censorship or surveillance. In this talk we will cover some of the projects in existence and technologies in use. Finally, we will talk about the future of qaul.net, and how an aging codebase is being re-written in Rust to make it more secure, scalable, and future-proof! Tue, 20 Oct 2026 18:28:05 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://diode.zone https://diode.zone/lazy-static/avatars/61b689b7-84d5-43c7-9fa8-e63a7fd1d952.png https://diode.zone/videos/watch/924e02b6-6189-47f7-b947-93ad87af8b83 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://diode.zone/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.