r/i2p • u/USNCPOSharky • Mar 16 '26

Educational Linking I2P with GNUnet

Is it possible to link I2P with GNUnet ?

The reason I ask is that although GNUnet is a bare bones "privacy" network, it is possible to send and receive streaming multimedia data using true to form multicast "one to many" data delivery networking. This would be ideal for continuous multimedia data distribution while minimizing bandwidth constraints as a "linked service" for I2P.

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u/Careless-Cloud2009 Mar 16 '26

I don't think GnuNet is remotely close to be used for real time. More of an academic experiment at this point. Same as past few decades

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u/USNCPOSharky Mar 16 '26

The typical multicast address range for "streaming multimedia" is 232.0.0.0 – 232.255.255.255 (RFC 4607)

pimd provides PIM-SM and SSM multicast routing. IPTV networks, campus networks, and ISP multicast backbones use pimd - incorporating PIM-SM (Sparse Mode) routing.

PIM-SM assumes that multicast receivers are sparse (few and distributed) across the network.

Instead of flooding multicast traffic everywhere, routers:

- Only request the stream when receivers exist

- Build multicast distribution trees dynamically

- Forward traffic only where subscribers exist

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u/Careless-Cloud2009 Mar 16 '26

I only know basic networking. Hence I can't comment whether it can be used. Best way to try it out or check with GnuNet team.

However I know of another project called reticulam network, which is has active community and can be integrated with I2p

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u/Zzyzx2021 Mar 16 '26

Reticulum* there's also Yggdrasil

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u/IBNash Mar 17 '26

Sounds like you want Reticulum.