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* Delay-tolerant peer-to-peer social networks, games, file sharing etc...
* Time series data storage
# What is Possible?
# Prior Art
Below are some possible use cases to illustrate real-world applications. Once protocol implementations exist, the ideas below should be possible.
Pigeon borrows many of the ideas set forth by the [Secure Scuttlebutt protocol](https://ssbc.github.io/scuttlebutt-protocol-guide/). It is my opinion that SSB is one of the most innovative protocols created in recent years. Without the research and efforts of the [Secure Scuttlebutt Consortium](https://github.com/ssbc), this project would not be possible, so a big thanks goes out to all the people who make SSB possible.
I've also been inspired by the compactness and minimalism of [SQLite, which should serve as a role model for all of us](https://www.sqlite.org/talks/wroclaw-20090310.pdf).
In many ways, this protocol can be considered an amalgam of the best ideas from both SQLite and Secure Scuttlebutt.
# Possible Uses
Below are some possible use cases to illustrate real-world applications.
* Play-by-mail [patchwork clone](https://github.com/ssbc/patchwork)
* A GUI database browser for developers that wish to use the protocol for log storage or as a time series DB
* A messenger app
* Secure Scuttlebutt import / export / gateway tool
* A newsgroup / NNTP analog
* A social mapping / point-of-interest sharing site
* File sharing app that operates over Bluetooth
* A compatibility gateway between Secure Scuttlebutt and Pigeon messages.
* A turn-based board game
* An IoT data logger
* Sync a feed over email (via external tool)
* A newsgroup / NNTP analog
* Play-by-mail [patchwork clone](https://github.com/ssbc/patchwork)
* A social mapping / point-of-interest sharing site
* Secure Scuttlebutt import / export / gateway tool
* File sharing app that operates over Bluetooth
* Sync a feed over bluetooth (via external tool)
* A compatibility gateway between Secure Scuttlebutt and Pigeon messages.
* Sync a feed over email (via external tool)
* A GUI database browser for developers that wish to use the protocol for log storage or as a time series DB
* Sync a feed over actual pigeons, possibly soliciting help from world famous boxer and pigeon racing enthusiast Mike Tyson
# How Pigeon Differs from Traditional Sneakernet
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* [Authoritarian Nations Are Turning the Internet Into a Weapon](https://onezero.medium.com/authoritarian-nations-are-turning-the-internet-into-a-weapon-10119d4e9992)
* [Russian Law Takes Effect that Gives Government Sweeping Power Over Internet](https://www.npr.org/2019/11/01/775366588/russian-law-takes-effect-that-gives-government-sweeping-power-over-internet)
# Prior Art
Pigeon borrows many of the ideas set forth by the [Secure Scuttlebutt protocol](https://ssbc.github.io/scuttlebutt-protocol-guide/). It is my opinion that SSB is one of the most innovative protocols created in recent years. Without the research and efforts of the [Secure Scuttlebutt Consortium](https://github.com/ssbc), this project would not be possible, so a big thanks goes out to all the people who make SSB possible.
I've also been inspired by the compactness and minimalism of [SQLite, which should serve as a role model for all of us](https://www.sqlite.org/talks/wroclaw-20090310.pdf).
In many ways, this protocol can be considered an amalgam of the best ideas from both SQLite and Secure Scuttlebutt.
# When is Pigeon the Wrong Choice?
* When the application requires true deletion of data, ephemeral data or mutability of previously created data. Pigeon feeds are immutable, append-only and permanently replicated by peers.