worm-blossom

@worm-blossom.org

the development diary of the worm-blossom collective. We make https://willowprotocol.org and https://worm-blossom.github.io/bab/

worm-blossom.org#y2026w30 This week, Aljoscha is really on holiday! So Sammy takes a maximalist approach to decorating the place, Emmy returns for a guest article, and there are shout-outs, reviews, and a good link. Mm-hmm.A drawing of four framed drawings, illustrations, paintings, photos.

A drawing of four framed drawings, illustrations, paintings, photos.

Introducing bab-hash.org. A cute little website about a family of hashing functions designed for partial data verification in peer-to-peer systems. You can learn what it does, how to use the Rust implementation, and read its specification (with interactive diagrams, ofc).

A screenshot of a portion of bab-hash.org. There is a download window saying “Connection lost. Progress verified and saved”. In two adjacent panels, we see someone annoyed that their phone has lost connection, and a self-satisfied figure who doesn’t mind that the connection was lost at all.

worm-blossom.org#y2026w15 This week, Aljoscha and Sammy start processing Prague. In part 7 of 'Why is it called worm-blossom', enter Aljoscha. And in the comic, he learns that no good deed goes unpunished. Wait, that is what he learned when reading the comic. It is confusing being a comic character

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‪worm-blossom.org/#y2026w14‬ This week, Sammy and Aljoscha have returned from Prague and are still recovering. Aljoscha hints to some of his thoughts from the workshop, but Sammy doesn't even try and just does extra drawings.

A montage of illustrated vignettes of Sammy and Aljoscha’s week in Prague

👾 𝟮𝟲/𝟯 𝗗𝗪𝗲𝗯 𝗩𝗶𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁𝘂𝗽 ⚗️ “The Latest in P2P / Mesh Technologies”, 26 March at 10:00 PT/18:00 CEST Our guests Sammy Gwilym, Mathias Jud, and Jacob Sayles will introduce their critical work for independent, safe, and anti-authoritarian technologies. Free and open attendance! Info and RSVP ⬅️

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worm-blossom.org#y2026w6 This week, Sammy catches us all up on p2p-basel and FOSDEM, and there's a video of her talk. Aljoscha is under the weather, but provides music anyway!!! Bless him. And in this week's comic, we take a look at Sammy's conference outfits, but what's that noise???

A screenshot of the 2026 week 6 update of worm-blossom.org. There is a comic, music, TWO (!) editorials by Sammy, and some links of the week. On the actual page there’s even more, I heard.

spectra.video/w/7hsRkrevhu... "Centralised systems were made with the best of intentions, but were turned against us anyway. And peer-to-peer systems will be exactly the same.” Here’s a recording of my #FOSDEM talk on willowprotocol.org. This talk was a real labour of love, hope you enjoy it!!!

Willow - Protocols for an uncertain future (FOSDEM'26)

Centralised systems were designed with the best of intentions, but were turned against us anyway. And peer-to-peer systems will be exactly the same. How do we make the next generation of protocols ...

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