Blog roll please!
Quick reads across a variety of topics
Diode and Moonbeam Partnership
Press
30 Jan
02:00
Diode and Moonbeam Collaborate on DePIN Platform for Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) Diode partners with Moonbeam to deploy suite of blockchain communication solutions that align with Polkadot founder Gavin Woods’ original vision for Web3 ROSEBURG, Ore. and SINGAPORE, January 30, 2024 – Diode, the innovation leader in Zero Trust Network Access software, and Moonbeam Network, a smart contract platform for building cross-chain connected applications, today announced a partnership to deploy a suite of blockchain-enabled...
Messaging App Without A Phone Number
Security
03 Nov
13:45
Messaging App Without a Phone Number Finding a messaging app without a phone number is difficult nowadays. Even the apps that are known for some of their security features, such as Signal, WhatsApp, and Telegram, require users to provide a phone number in order to use their services. However, at Diode, we believe secure communication should be accessible to everyone - whether or not they have a phone number or whether or not they...
Trust Broker Security is Zero Trust Security
Zero Trust
09 Aug
14:45
Trust Brokers Make Zero Trust Possible Zero Trust communications rely on secure communications between continuously-validated parties. In Zero Trust, the communications are often end-to-end encrypted (E2EE). E2EE protects data by encrypting it with a key that is only known to the parties who would like to communicate. However, a universal challenge to establishing E2EE communications across the Internet is in establishing an initial connection between the two parties. Zero Trust introduces the concept of...
Free ngrok Alternative
Web3
01 Jun
14:44
Diode offers a free ngrok alternative. Ngrok is a service that allows you to publish services to the Internet and to remotely access local area networks and IT assets. Diode’s Command Line Interface (CLI) tool provides a simple interface to the Diode Network – enabling many of the same use cases as does ngrok. Keep reading to understand how you can use the Diode CLI for free to accomplish many of the same use cases...
Decentralized Web Hosting
Web3
15 Mar
16:33
Decentralized Web Hosting is a way of hosting websites so that the website cannot easily be taken down or degraded by a service outage (intentional or not) of a given vendor. Why Is Decentralized Website Hosting important? The reasons for wanting to do decentralized web hosting, sometimes referred to as Web3 hosting, include: Technical resilience of the website - the unintentional outage of one component does not bring the website down Security and privacy –...
Diode Drive Feature - Home Pages
Diode
25 Jan
18:03
Diode Collab is a file sharing and collaboration tool that works with Windows, MacOS, Linux (ARM and X86), Android, and iOS. It can be used to share a file or folder without sending the file or uploading it anywhere - regardless if the recipient also has Diode Collab installed or not. It can also be used to collaborate real-time with Team Members - friends, family, and co-workers who do have Diode Collab installed. In addition...
File Sharing Without Uploading to the Cloud
Diode
18 Mar
13:12
When we talk on the phone, our experience is one of directly calling another person - we no longer have to interact with switchboards, operators, and party lines. Those are things of the past, no longer necessary in today’s directly connected world. Why isn’t file sharing like calling someone on the phone - a direct connection without the involvement of third parties? Diode Collab makes this possible - it allows you to share files directly...
Running forever with the Raspberry Pi Hardware Watchdog
How To
20 Jul
19:45
At Diode we have deployed a couple of long-running Raspberry Pis equipped with cameras and sensors reporting into our network 24/7. All these are under uptime monitoring for us to keep track of the network availability. Every time there is a software problem we want to know it. For that we’re using some external and internal tools. Eventually we have run into a problem not related to our software. From to time one of our...
Diode Network and Video Streaming Using Raspberry Pi Zero W
Diode
07 Jul
00:30
Diode’s second livestream meetup event went live on Tuesday (June 30). The 30-minute online event drew some 20 engineers, developers, makers, Raspberry Pi enthusiasts from countries across the globe. CTO Dominic Letz and blockchain engineer Peter Lai were the featured speakers. The meetup topic was about how to perform video streaming using Raspberry Pi Zero W via Diode network. Check out the Diode meetup presentation slides on GitHub. Watch the livestream-ed meetup on YouTube. Peter...
Diode CTO Dominic Letz Featured on the Weekly DeFi Podcast
Diode
13 Jun
14:31
Our CTO Dominic Letz was invited to go on the Weekly DeFi podcast as a guest recently. Dominic and the Boston-based podcast host Thomas, did the interview over the Internet, talked about the future of the Internet, what is the Web3 revolution, how time is a fundamental problem with Internet security, what is the Diode Network, and more importantly, how you can make a positive impact in the Web3 ecosystem. Have a listen here. A...