Dat Protocol

Dat is a new p2p hypermedia protocol. It provides public-key-addressed file archives which can be synced securely and browsed on-demand.

Fast	Archives sync from multiple sources at once.
Secure	All updates are signed and integrity-checked.
Resilient	Archives can change hosts without changing their URLs.
Versioned	Changes are written to an append-only version log.
Decentralized	Any device can host any archive.

Dat Protocol development transitioned to Hypercore Protocol Development. Learn more at the Hypercore Protocol Website.

Contribute:

• Join the general Dat Ecosystem chat via Cabal or Discord

The information below is kept for historic reasons

User Documentation

Documentation for end-user tools and developer libraries.

DEPs

Specifications for the Dat protocol. View pre-draft DEPs and the DEP process on GitHub.

Extensions

Extensions to the Dat protocol.

How Dat Works

Visual explanation of the Dat protocol.

Dat Whitepaper

April 2017 whitepaper on the Dat Protocol (View source on GitHub). For updated specifications, please see DEPs.