Diode ICP Zone Canisters going live

[dominicletz]

Hey Guys,

we have been working for on using ICP canisters as decentralized message relays for Diode Collab (See here for more tech https://forum.dfinity.org/t/diode-message-storage-coming-to-difinity) and I’m excited to announce that we’re starting the rollout of this feature now to the first zones in production!

What Does This Mean?

Diode Collab is a decentralized messenger and collaboration tool. That means that traditionally messages are exchanged between users using a BitTorrent style synchronization mechanism. The big downside was that it would only sync messages when at least two peers were online at-the-same-time

But not with the ICP “zone availability canisters” encrypted messages are uploaded to canisters when no-one else is online and downloaded by the other peers from the canisters again. Enabling a fully decentralized “always-on” experience. We’re super excited about how this improves the user experience for new signups and especially small groups.

How can I try it out?

Glad that you’re asking! We’re right now beta testing this feature with selected teams and are happy to include you as well for feedback. Just follow these steps:

1. Download Diode Collab from Download Hub | Diode™
2. Create your first zone
3. Contact us here or in the Diode Community zone and we’re going to add you to the beta test.

How to learn more?

You can learn more about Diode at our youtube channel https://www.youtube.com/@DiodeNetwork or following us on x x.com

If you’re curious about some of the technical discussion we will be posting more updates in the technical thread: https://forum.dfinity.org/t/diode-message-storage-coming-to-difinity

Cheers!

[jennifertran]

Can you please add username jennifertran to the beta test?

Also, we create a short post to get more folks to try it out: x.com.

It would be great if you could create a tutorial video and article after the beta test is completed!

[marc0olo]

really great project that utilizes ICP for a specific use-case that totally makes sense

here the final video for everybody interested in learning more about this:

Diode Canister Demo + Pitch

[dominicletz]

Hey @jennifertran and all,

first of happy Chinese new year to everyone celebrating that 新年快乐！

To get started grab Diode Collab from our website Download Hub | Diode™

It will auto-update itself after installation. For canister backed zones ensure you got version 1.14.3 or above. To check first click on your profile icon and then on “about” to see your current version:

Lastly join our community zone: Join Zone | Diode™

That zone is already backed by a canister and most of our zone canisters are currently on the same subnet https://dashboard.internetcomputer.org/subnet/fuqsr-in2lc-zbcjj-ydmcw-pzq7h-4xm2z-pto4i-dcyee-5z4rz-x63ji-nae

Cheers!