Loops House
Road To Devcon - V
Decentralized Data Storage
High in the craggy peaks of the Himalayas, ancient monasteries like Hemis, Tabo, and the Library of Tibetan Works and Archives have stood for centuries as guardians of human wisdom. Tucked away in cold, elevated stone vaults, monks carefully preserved thousands of fragile Bhojpatra (birch bark) scrolls, palm-leaf folios, and medical, philosophical, and astrological manuscripts from environmental decay and historical upheaval.
PRIZE POOL: $250
Today, humanity faces a digital version of the same preservation threat. Centralized cloud servers can be silenced, geo-political conflicts erase cultural heritage, and critical humanitarian data from refugee records to disaster logs and historical archives, remains vulnerable to single points of failure.
This weekend, builders will step up as Digital Archivists. Powered by ETHSwarm's decentralized storage network and smart contracts, you will leverage Swarm’s unstoppable, peer-to-peer architecture to ensure that ancient knowledge, scientific archives, and vital humanitarian data are preserved immutably for generations to come.
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7 commits1 contributorlast push Sep 19
The succession nobody wrote downTake your records with youEight hundred winters, one lapsed invoice
An archive beyond its keeper: Swarm-backed reading, verified recovery, and an on-demand Bee light node.
10 commits1 contributorlast push Sep 20
The succession nobody wrote downTake your records with youEight hundred winters, one lapsed invoice
Archive publisher and independent recovery tool on Swarm — feed-based mutable pointer to immutable content, network-resolved index, recovery from published identifiers alone — Road to Devcon V, Problem 1
1 commits1 contributorlast push Sep 20
The succession nobody wrote downTake your records with youEight hundred winters, one lapsed invoice
Swarm feed archive with a stable address that outlives its host
8 commits1 contributorlast push Sep 19
The succession nobody wrote downTake your records with youEight hundred winters, one lapsed invoice
Decentralized archival preservation of ancient Himalayan manuscript scans on Swarm using funded postage batches, stable feed addressing, and self-recovering collection manifests.
1 commits1 contributorlast push Sep 19
The succession nobody wrote downTake your records with youEight hundred winters, one lapsed invoice
7 commits2 contributorslast push Sep 20
The succession nobody wrote downTake your records with youEight hundred winters, one lapsed invoice
8 commits1 contributorlast push Sep 19
The succession nobody wrote downTake your records with youEight hundred winters, one lapsed invoice
14 commits1 contributorlast push Sep 20
The succession nobody wrote downTake your records with youEight hundred winters, one lapsed invoice
2 commits1 contributorlast push Sep 18
The succession nobody wrote downTake your records with youEight hundred winters, one lapsed invoice
5 commits2 contributorslast push Sep 20
The succession nobody wrote downTake your records with youEight hundred winters, one lapsed invoice
A content-addressed manuscript archive on Swarm
1 commits1 contributorlast push Sep 20
The succession nobody wrote downTake your records with youEight hundred winters, one lapsed invoice
2 commits1 contributorlast push Sep 20
The succession nobody wrote downTake your records with youEight hundred winters, one lapsed invoice
5 commits1 contributorlast push Sep 20
The succession nobody wrote downTake your records with youEight hundred winters, one lapsed invoice
Eight hundred winters: a Himalayan manuscript archive on Swarm that outlives its host — Road to Devcon V
125 commits1 contributorlast push Sep 19
The succession nobody wrote downTake your records with youEight hundred winters, one lapsed invoice
Eight hundred winters: a Himalayan manuscript archive on Swarm that outlives its host — Road to Devcon V
125 commits1 contributorlast push Sep 19
The succession nobody wrote downTake your records with youEight hundred winters, one lapsed invoice
1 commits1 contributorlast push Sep 20
The succession nobody wrote downTake your records with youEight hundred winters, one lapsed invoice
Eight hundred winters: a Himalayan manuscript archive on Swarm that outlives its host — Road to Devcon V
1 commits1 contributorlast push Sep 20
The succession nobody wrote downTake your records with youEight hundred winters, one lapsed invoice
1 commits1 contributorlast push Sep 20
The succession nobody wrote downTake your records with youEight hundred winters, one lapsed invoice
A Feed-backed Swarm archive with public recovery and postage lifetime reporting.
4 commits1 contributorlast push Sep 20
Take your records with youEight hundred winters, one lapsed invoice
Swarm Manuscript Archive
2 commits1 contributorlast push Sep 20
18 commits2 contributorslast push Sep 20
7 commits1 contributorlast push Sep 19
Swarm feed archive with a stable address that outlives its host
8 commits1 contributorlast push Sep 19
7 commits2 contributorslast push Sep 20
Decentralized archival preservation of ancient Himalayan manuscript scans on Swarm using funded postage batches, stable feed addressing, and self-recovering collection manifests.
1 commits1 contributorlast push Sep 19
2 commits1 contributorlast push Sep 18
An archive beyond its keeper: Swarm-backed reading, verified recovery, and an on-demand Bee light node.
10 commits1 contributorlast push Sep 20
8 commits1 contributorlast push Sep 19
14 commits1 contributorlast push Sep 20
5 commits2 contributorslast push Sep 20
Archive publisher and independent recovery tool on Swarm — feed-based mutable pointer to immutable content, network-resolved index, recovery from published identifiers alone — Road to Devcon V, Problem 1
1 commits1 contributorlast push Sep 20
5 commits1 contributorlast push Sep 20
A Feed-backed Swarm archive with public recovery and postage lifetime reporting.
4 commits1 contributorlast push Sep 20
2 commits1 contributorlast push Sep 20
Eight hundred winters: a Himalayan manuscript archive on Swarm that outlives its host — Road to Devcon V
125 commits1 contributorlast push Sep 19
Eight hundred winters: a Himalayan manuscript archive on Swarm that outlives its host — Road to Devcon V
125 commits1 contributorlast push Sep 19
Eight hundred winters: a Himalayan manuscript archive on Swarm that outlives its host — Road to Devcon V
1 commits1 contributorlast push Sep 20
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18 commits2 contributorslast push Sep 20
No submission made for this problem.
Deccan Birders: file a sighting in one app, read it in another, no export
10 commits1 contributorlast push Sep 20
Portable bird sightings on Swarm, with an independent reader and a published record format
11 commits1 contributorlast push Sep 20
6 commits1 contributorlast push Sep 20
An open bird-sighting field record system built on Swarm with zero-token browser sign-in, versioned self-describing records, and a decoupled independent reader.
1 commits1 contributorlast push Sep 19
3 commits1 contributorlast push Sep 18
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5 commits1 contributorlast push Sep 19
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7 commits1 contributorlast push Sep 20
Portable bird-sighting records on Swarm, designed to outlive the app that created them.
2 commits1 contributorlast push Sep 20
5 commits2 contributorslast push Sep 20
Birding sighting records on Swarm via Swarm ID + subsidised gateway — capability-gated uploads, self-describing format+version records, fully independent reader app — Road to Devcon V, Problem 2
1 commits1 contributorlast push Sep 20
4 commits1 contributorlast push Sep 19
5 commits1 contributorlast push Sep 20
Deccan Birders field journal on Swarm + an independent reader — Road to Devcon V
83 commits1 contributorlast push Sep 19
Deccan Birders field journal on Swarm + an independent reader — Road to Devcon V
83 commits1 contributorlast push Sep 19
1 commits1 contributorlast push Sep 20
Deccan Birders: take your records with you. Sightings on Swarm, readable by any app — Road to Devcon V
1 commits1 contributorlast push Sep 20
1 commits1 contributorlast push Sep 20
No submission made for this problem.
No submission made for this problem.
No submission made for this problem.
1 commits1 contributorlast push Sep 19
2 commits1 contributorlast push Sep 19
Manuscript catalogue stewardship on Swarm — separated payer/publisher identities, governance-gated succession, storage renewal, and a real performed hand-off — Road to Devcon V, Problem 3
5 commits1 contributorlast push Sep 20
A shared Swarm catalogue with verifiable council succession. Road To Devcon V, Problem 3.
12 commits1 contributorlast push Sep 20
17 commits1 contributorlast push Sep 20
Himalayan catalogue succession: steward pointer, separate payer and publisher, rehearsed hand-off
6 commits1 contributorlast push Sep 20
A decentralized, continuous manuscript catalogue and custodial succession system across seven monastery libraries in Ladakh and Spiti, built on Swarm with decoupled storage, feed indirection, and verifiable steward hand-off.
4 commits1 contributorlast push Sep 19
11 commits1 contributorlast push Sep 19
13 commits1 contributorlast push Sep 20
5 commits1 contributorlast push Sep 19
5 commits2 contributorslast push Sep 20
A Swarm-backed shared manuscript catalogue designed to survive publisher succession.
3 commits1 contributorlast push Sep 20
4 commits1 contributorlast push Sep 20
Steward succession for a shared Ladakh–Spiti manuscript catalogue on Swarm — Road to Devcon V
107 commits1 contributorlast push Sep 19
Steward succession for a shared Ladakh–Spiti manuscript catalogue on Swarm — Road to Devcon V
107 commits1 contributorlast push Sep 19
1 commits1 contributorlast push Sep 20
The succession nobody wrote down: Himalayan library stewardship on Swarm — Road to Devcon V
1 commits1 contributorlast push Sep 20
1 commits1 contributorlast push Sep 20
No submission made for this problem.
No submission made for this problem.
No submission made for this problem.