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P2P Basel is an annual academic and free/open-source software development workshop focused on eventually consistent, offline-first peer-to-peer systems. It is not an online course or bootcamp in the traditional sense, but a small in-person workshop for researchers and software builders. Its goal is to share insights and promote the development of sustainable, efficient P2P systems.
The program includes Tutorials/Lectures, student project presentations, Mature Insights Talks, Early Seeds Talks, and an unconference segment where participants decide the topics. Covered areas include TLA+ modeling, multi-party computation, universal circuits, decentralized group management, P2P networks, QUIC, group encryption, version control, and mesh networking. Based on the page content, teaching and discussion appear to be in English. Some lectures are open to students and researchers from the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science at the University of Basel, but the overall workshop is invitation-only. Planned attendance is around 16 people: 4 from the University of Basel Computer Networks Group and 12 external invited researchers and developers.
The participation fee is 75 CHF / 80 EUR, regardless of arrival or departure time, mainly to cover breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Travel and accommodation must be arranged by participants themselves. The page notes that Basel can be reached by train or plane, and that cheaper accommodation is usually available via AirBnB. If a participant has an academic affiliation and is giving a talk, the Computer Networks Group may be able to apply for university funding to help cover travel and accommodation.
Its main advantage is an extremely focused theme, making it well suited to researchers or developers already working in related ecosystems such as Secure-Scuttlebutt, DAT/Hypercore, Nostr, GNUnet, and Holochain. The small scale is conducive to high-quality discussion and collaboration. The fee is relatively low and includes meals. The drawbacks are equally clear: places are limited, participation is by invitation only, and the event is already full, so it is not suitable for general learners to sign up for. It also does not provide a complete curriculum, assignments, certificates, or a standardized learning path, and relies heavily on participants’ existing background knowledge.
It is best suited to professionals in distributed systems, P2P networking, offline-first applications, cryptographic protocols, and FOSS projects. It is not appropriate for beginners starting from zero. For users in China who only want to browse the website, the current information is insufficient to determine access conditions, so network availability is marked as unknown. Payment methods are also not specified. If attending in person in Switzerland is not feasible, alternatives include following the relevant project communities, public papers, Archive.org recordings, university distributed systems courses, or decentralized web/networking conferences.
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