Appendices
A. Unofficial FAQ
Terminology
Clearnetwork : Refers to the Internet as we know it today, which is what SAFE Network will replace.
MaidSafe : “Massive Array of Internet Disks, Secure Access For Everyone”, the name of the entity leading the development of the SAFE Network.
MVP : Minimum Viable Product: As defined in 2016, not the final product with messaging and SafeCoin, but a working network for storage, that may not guarantee perpetual data storage yet as it would be un-paid. In 2019 the meaning has changed see here, and replaced by a concrete roadmap.
PARSEC : Protocol for Asynchronous, Reliable, Secure and Efficient Consensus: An open sourced library
SAFE Network : “Secure Access for Everyone Network”, the name of the new Internet.
B. History and Timeline
(what has happened in the past 13 years?)
- 2006: David Irvine's first plans of a SAFE Network
- February 22, 2016: MaidSafe.net was founded
- 2007: David completes a PoC in Python
- 2008
- 2009: Start of MaidSafeDHT and MaidsSafePD development, rewrite portions in C++
- 2010: Founding of MaidSafe Foundation (and MaidSafe Inc.?) to protect technology from trolls and corporations
- David donates all of his 80% share in the company - 50% to foundation, 30% to EBT(=?)
- 2011
- 2012: MaidSafeDHT replaced by RUDP (=?) and Routing
- 2013: Vault code re-write from scratch completed and all libraries are open-sourced
- 2014: Raising 8M$ of funding through MAID ICO
- 2015
- 2016
- 2017: MAIDSafe team expanded to 30+ people; front and back-end teams
- 2018: The PARSEC Milestone is completed
- 2019: Significant non-technical staff reduction; refocus on core product
- 2020
- 2021: Fleming test-net launched
Tidbits
- Sigmoid x was a company that was later folded into MaidSafe.
- MaidSafe has sponsored work at Strathclyde University in the past.
C. People
(who are those people on the forum and what are their interests? Categories? Who are most well-known? Ranking by date of first post?)
MAIDSafe Team on the SAFE Network Forum
SAFE Network Forum Moderator Team
Official SAFE Ambassadors: @dimitar (Bulgaria); @Sotros25 (US); @oetyng (Sweden)
Community Doers
(Somewhat arbitrary and incomplete list of people and their projects. Add your SAFE Network community heros here.)
@happybeing since April 2014 and still active, eg SAFEDrive
@dimitar since August 2014, eg First SAFE Ambassador (Bulgaria)
D. Corporate Organization
Incorporated: 22 February 2006
Registered office address: 6 Forbes Drive, Heathfield Industrial Estate, Ayr, South Ayrshire, Scotland, KA8 9FG
annual return and shareholders report of March 2016
- SafeNetwork Foundation (SC042032) a charity, holds less than 50% of the shares of MaidSafe.Net.
Registered Charity from: 20 January 2011
Registered office address: 6 Forbes Drive, Heathfield Industrial Estate, Ayr, South Ayrshire, Scotland, KA8 9FG
- Reorganization and loan program: November 2019
To lower burn rate and focus on core product, MAIDSafe closes 2 offices and reduces staff update.
Holders of 100,000 MAID or more now may enter into a contract to lend their coins to MAIDSafe for a 50% return once SAFE Network launches.
E. Patents and Trademarks
Relevant forum posts: March 2018, June 2019
E.1 Papers
MaidSafe supported
Community analyses
Peer Reviewed
(probably peer-reviewed)
Mentions of MAID/ICO
(list not reviewed)
E.2 Patents
(This is a community best effort list. Do not rely on this information for any purpose, do your own research and obtain your professional advice.) Believed to be up to date as of June 2019.
E.2.1 Patents Granted (US)
- US8,386,786 File system authentication David Irvine, exp. 2027
- US8,788,803 Self-encryption process MaidSafe Foundation, exp. 2027
- US9,411,976 Communication system and method MaidSafe Foundation, exp. 2027
- US9,135,455 Distributed file system MaidSafe Foundation, exp. 2031
- US9,485,090 Managed authentication on a distributed network Sigmoid Solutions, exp. 2032
E.2.2 Patent Applications (US)
- US20100037060 granted: US8,386,786
- US20100058054 MSSAN abandoned
- US20100064354 Maidsafe.net abandoned
- US20120210120 granted: US8,788,803
- US20130061049 Distributed network system abandoned
- US20130262865 granted: US9,135,455
- US20140237614 granted: US9,411,976
- US20150006895 Distributed network system abandoned
- US20150127950 Method of encrypting data abandoned
- US20150026474 granted: US9,485,090
- US20160275294 Data system and method abandoned
E.2.3 Published Applications (Worldwide)
- WO/2017/202503: Apparatus and method of creating a data chain... pending
- WO/2012/131369: e.g. see US9,485,090
- WO/2012/080744: e.g. see US9,135,455
- WO/2008/065341: Distributed Network System published
- WO/2008/065348: Perpetual Data published
- WO/2008/065349: Worldwide voting system published
- WO/2008/065343: Shared access to private files published
- WO/2008/065344: Anonymous authentication published
- WO/2008/065342: Data maps published
- WO/2008/065347: MSSAN published
- WO/2008/065345: Cyber cash published
- WO/2008/065346: Secure message and data sharing published
- WO/2008/065351: e.g. see US8,788,803
- WO/2008/003923: e.g. see US8,386,786
F. Related or Similar Projects
(similar projects and status, failures, successes)
- Napster (P2P file sharing) 1999
- Freenet (distributed publishing) 2000
- BitTorrent (P2P file sharing)
- Bitcoin (decentralized trust and digital ledger) 2009
G. Lists of Resources
Repositories
Archive
Github Archive (Deprecated/archived repositories)
Useful Resources Online
(Note that some information may have become outdated and incorrect.)
Introductions by MaidSafe and community
SAFE Crossroads Intelligent and simple.
Fundamental Principles
App Directory
David's Blog
Miscellaneous
Introductions by third parties
SafeNetwork Roadmaps and Updates
MaidSafe Activities and Groups
H. Philosophy
(deeper questions)
Perpetuity
(What does it mean to store information forever? What is forever? What is the scope of SAFE Network, and what will be needed to achieve true perpetual storage?)
A list of measures against which to measure “perpetuity”