🏛️ [EPIC] : P2P networking and IPFS Integration.

[stevenj]

Summary

LibP2P/IPFS Integration as a runtime extension

JIRA Epic

TODO

Description

The Hermes nodes will intercommunicate as peers using functionality provided by the LibP2P Library. It will also enable high level distributed functionality provided by IPFS.

Functionality will:

1. Retrieve Data and Files published to IPFS.
2. Pin that data so it can be shared and served to peers.
3. Enable generalized Peer to Peer use of distributed Pub/Sub and Key/Value networking.
   • Enable WASM modules to subscribe to updates on a Pub/Sub topic.
   • Enable Reading the Value from a Key distributed in a Peer to Peer DHT.
4. Validate Values for data published to either a Pub/Sub topic, or the DHT.
   • Allow WASM modules run by Hermes to prove data is valid, and evict misbehaving peers.
5. Generate Events so that WASM run by Hermes can be processed when it updates.

Tasks

• 1. fix: links to cat-core catalyst-voices#242
• 2. feat: add ADR for m2 proposal structure catalyst-voices#243
• 3. Enable generalized Peer to Peer use of distributed Pub/Sub and Key/Value networking.
  • Enable WASM modules to subscribe to updates on a Pub/Sub topic.
  • Enable Reading the Value from a Key distributed in a Peer to Peer DHT.
• 4. Validate Values for data published to either a Pub/Sub topic, or the DHT.
  • Allow WASM modules run by Hermes to prove data is valid, and evict misbehaving peers.
• 5. Generate Events so that WASM run by Hermes can be processed when it updates.

TODO

• Documented WASI API Definition
• Interface to WASM Runtime.
• Automated Test Cases running in continuous integration.

[Mr-Leshiy]

Work related to the M3 is done.