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Bootstrapping the First Peers of an Experimental P2P Network
by Loid Protagonist 24 Sep '26

24 Sep '26

I'm working on an experimental peer-to-peer electronic cash implementation called Queen. The current implementation supports nodes, mining, transactions and independent verification. The source code and setup instructions are publicly available, and the system can be run independently from the repository. I've tested the network with multiple local nodes. The remaining practical problem is bootstrapping the first independent peers outside my own devices. I'm interested in hearing how others have approached initial peer discovery and bootstrapping for small experimental P2P networks. I'm not looking for funding or investment. I'm simply trying to get the network communicating with nodes operated by other people. GitHub:[https://github.com/loidprotagonist/Queen](https://github.com/loidpr… Dikirim dengan email aman [Proton Mail](https://proton.me/mail/home).

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From Shells to Peer-to-Peer
by Loid Protagonist 06 Sep '26

06 Sep '26

Long ago: Shells → witness → fish Then: Banking → gold → money → banking And later, it became more complicated: Banking → banker → money → government → app → money → market → app → courier → app → user → money → app → banker → banking Today: Peer-to-peer. Why has moving value from one person to another become so complicated? Sometimes we have solutions, but we also create new obstacles. Perhaps the challenge is not only creating new forms of money, but making value move directly from value to value, without requiring a trusted third party. A street note. Loid Protagonist Dikirim dengan email aman [Proton Mail](https://proton.me/mail/home).

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Queen Open Source Electronic Cash
by Loid Protagonist 02 Sep '26

02 Sep '26

Hello, I am developing Queen, an experimental open-source peer-to-peer electronic cash system. The project explores a simple blockchain-based electronic cash system without a trusted third party, with the node, wallet, transactions, mining, and blockchain implemented as open-source software. GitHub: https://github.com/loidprotagonist/Queen Whitepaper: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nfD79S52X1nFtw4q8Y4oMiYYc8eOF912/view?usp=… Queen is still experimental and is not intended to be production-ready software. I am sharing it primarily as an independent experiment and would greatly appreciate any feedback or discussion from the P2P community. Best regards, Loid Protagonist Dikirim dengan email aman [Proton Mail](https://proton.me/mail/home).

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