Dandelion Protocol

What is Dandelion?

Dandelion is a ground-up re-thinking of the last 3 decades of the Internet.

Why “Dandelion”?

Dandelions are fast-spreading, hard to kill, and hated by people who cultivate conformity and monoculture as a show of power. And yet, while they are non-native in much of the world and sometimes invasive, they're not particularly bad neighbors to most plant life.

Is Dandelion ready for use?

Not even close! I'm still designing the underlying protocol. Here are some of the goals and considerations: The Dandelion reference implementation will be multi-platform, supporting Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, and other popular operating systems.

What are the founding principles of Dandelion?

Dandelion was spurred by anarchist ideology. Like socialism and communism — it has deep ties to both — anarchism got a bad name in the 19th and 20th centuries due to the backlash against leftism and worker rights.

What is Dandelion's position on cryptocurrency and NFTs?

Decentralized currencies are inherently unethical. The Dandelion protocol itself will never take any action for the sake of supporting them, and may even take actions to prevent their spread if such action is deemed necessary by the broader Dandelion user community, once it exists.