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Mikey Williams

$1,420 USD since Feb 2019

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Incognito

$745 USD since Oct 2020

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Sean Billig

$640 USD since Feb 2019

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kr1sp1n

$460 USD since Sep 2019

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Mix Irving

$150 USD since Jun 2019

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Seán

$148 USD since May 2020

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Martin G

$145 USD since Mar 2019

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Anders And

$130 USD since Apr 2019

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Scocasso!

$72 USD since Apr 2022

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Daan Wynen

$40 USD since Aug 2019

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Andrew Chou

$32 USD since Feb 2020

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Sam Gwilym

$30 USD since Dec 2023

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atm

$30 USD since Dec 2023

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noffle

$21 USD since Jun 2019

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Alexander Cobleigh

$15 USD since Aug 2022

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Planetary

$9,000 USD since Aug 2022

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ACCESS

$3,530 USD since Jul 2019

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blockades.org

$500 USD since Jun 2019

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ACCESS

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Incognito

$745 USD

Sean Billig

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$640 USD

blockades.org

$500 USD

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kr1sp1n

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$460 USD

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Mix Irving

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Heck yes, I'm so excited about this project

Seán

$148 USD

Martin G

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$145 USD

Anders And

$130 USD

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$337.26 USD

Total raised

$20,600.03 USD

Total disbursed

$20,262.77 USD

Estimated annual budget

$840.32 USD

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News from PeachCloud

Updates on our activities and progress.

July 2023 - February 2024

Solarpunk (social) hardware with Scuttlebutt · Warm greetings from the PeachCloud team! There has been some solid progress on solar since the last newsletter so let's dive into an update. D...
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Published on March 12, 2024 by glyph

April 2022 - June 2023

Solarpunk (social) hardware with Scuttlebutt · Warm greetings from the PeachCloud team! It has been a long, long time since we published an update. Sincere apologies for that! Rather than attempting to detail everything that has happened ov...
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Published on June 28, 2023 by glyph

January - March 2022

Solarpunk social hardware with Scuttlebutt · Warm greetings from the PeachCloud team! We've made a lot of progress since our last update and have now transitioned from a period of high-intensity teamwork to more of a gentle hum; it's a hope...
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Published on March 18, 2022 by glyph

About


the PeachCloud team is working on a hardware device for Scuttlebutt that will facilitate peer-to-peer communication across your social networks.

we aim to bring (cloud) computing back into the home as a friendly and accessible Raspberry Pi-powered device - enabling more local social and economic networks to flourish without a dependence on corporations who profit from being in the middle of your inter-personal conversations, and providing re-usable modular infrastructure to support a future of useful and adaptable home computing in your ever-evolving lifestyle.

principles

  • the system is a root system for your social network
  • center your home as a data network of social and economic activity
  • increase surface area for nutrient acquisition and distribution
  • facilitate real-time media-rich interactions
  • store your favorite niche content
  • transport your data with you as you move locations
  • reduce dependence on external networks, external data centers, etc
  • the system is a teacher to guide you on your journey
  • invite less-technical people to become more technical
  • be simple on the surface, powerful under the hood
    • example: more like excel spreadsheets, less like apple interfaces
  • embody the underlying system in the interface, expose the internals
  • friendly automation
  • your personal robot friend, your home computer
  • no surprises, any automation should be upfront and clear
  • be helpful, but don't try to guess what the user wants
  • give the user the power-tools to automate their own desires
  • accessible to contributors
  • modules are well-documented
  • code follows best practices
  • focus on being accessible and maintainable, not being clever and complicated
  • focus on being boring and just working, not being shiny and perfect
  • provide an opinionated foundation to build flexible ecosystem
  • living culture builds living tech, not the other way around
  • peer production as a deployment strategy

roadmap

in order to release a minimum viable PeachCloud device, we will be working to solve the following problems:

  • how to bring the cloud to your home
  • how to discover the Peach as a wireless access point and connect it to your home network
  • how to setup your Peach to be accessible over the internet using dynamic DNS
  • how to handle hot-plugging USB storage devices used to store your data
  • how to interface with the Peach as a physical device and as an internet-connected device
  • how to build a scalable pattern of Debian-packaged micro-services that each do one thing well
  • how to keep time with a real-time clock
  • how to connect your social network
  • how to invite your friends
  • how to monitor data usage, by you and your friends

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