- P2P messaging between users by the same network
- Uses
- publish small amount of information to last some amount of time (days)
- low level API to Dapps not to users
- low-bandwidth (small data), uncertain latency
- Dark - no reliable methods for tracing packets
- low-latency, 1-1 or 1-N signaling
- high-latency, high TTL 1-* publication messages
- Status
- As of April 2018 still alpha, working prototype state
- Can be enabled in Geth but node do not relay messages by default
- Distributed storage platform & content distribution service
- Status
- " The bzz subprotocol is in flux, the specification of the wire protocol is considered stable only with POC 0.4 expected in Q2 2018."