I want to Help

Vaguely defined areas where we need help and some example tasks are below. Please contact @daurnimator for more information!

• Routing
• Cryptography
• Message Structure
• Link Layer transmission
• GUI Design
• GUI Implementation
• Audio

Routing

• Deciding which messages to relay
• Figure out optimal ratios for mesh propagation

Cryptography

• Audit Concepts
• Implement various crypto primitives we need
• Suggest any potential improvements

Message Structure

• What does a chat message look like?
• What does a typing notification look like?
• Write up an extension registry model.
• How are timestamps packed? etc.

Link Layer transmission

• map ȱ onto various transports: UDP, HTTP, SMS, Multicast IP, Bluetooth, GCM.
• implement one of the weirder ones to investigate e.g. the bluetooth stack on android or iOS.

GUI Design

• create baseline chat GUIs that make the more unique properties ȱ present to the user
• mock out device enrolment flow for mobile apps

GUI Implementation

This one is wide open at this point: just pick a platform you like/know (terminal UI? iOS? Android? mobile web? desktop web?) and get started

Audio

• spec out audio streams over ȱ.
• prototype it with JS web clients in mind