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         [about] | [veilidchat] | [veilid foundation] | [contributors]
           [press releases] | [events] | [blog] | [code] | [discord]
                             [links] | [veilid.com]

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                                ...:::::::::...
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    Veilid (pronounced Vay-Lid, from "Valid and Veiled Identification")

    We built Veilid because when the Internet was young and new, we viewed
    it as an endless and open realm of possibility.

    Instead, the Internet we know now has been heavily commercialized,
    with users and their data being the most sought-after commodity.  The
    only ways to opt-out of becoming the product for billionaires to
    exploit are either too technical for the average user, or to simply not
    go online. 

    We believe that people should be able to forge relationships, learn,
    create, and build online -- without being monetized.

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                             ::::: veilidchat :::::
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    VeilidChat is a demo of the Veilid framework and protocol working.
    We built it using the Flutter framework and the Veilid core code.
	
    VeilidChat is under active development.  The source code is
    available on Gitlab, though there are no official builds yet.
	
    If you want to try out this proof of concept:
    ***** sign up for the Beta here. *****

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                          ...:::::::::::::::::::::...
                         ::::: veilid foundation :::::
                          ```:::::::::::::::::::::'''
    
    * Christien Rioux
    * Katelyn Bowden
    * Paul Miller
	
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                             ...::::::::::::::::...
                            ::::: contributors :::::
                             ```::::::::::::::::'''

    Veilid contributors include coders, admins, writers, legal, and more.

    * TC Johnson
    * Jun34u, cDc
    * Deth Veggie, cDc
    * Beka Valentine
    * signal9
    * Obscure, cDc
    * Kirk 'Teknique' Strauser
    * Alice 'c0debabe' Rhodes
    * Abbie 'antijingoist' Gonzalez
    * snowchyld, NSF
    * John 'Wrewdison' Whelan 
    * Robert 'LambdaCalculus' Menes
    * Glenn Kurtzrock
    * Daniel Meyerson
    * CylentKnight
    * Robert 'Slugnoodle' Notarfrancesco
    * Yer mom

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                            ...::::::::::::::::::...
                           ::::: press releases :::::
                            ```::::::::::::::::::'''

    2023-06-22 - CULT OF THE DEAD COW Breaks The Internet (and you can
                 too!)

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                                ...::::::::::...
                               ::::: events :::::
                                ```::::::::::'''
    
    2024-08-09 - "Veilid Dev and Community Meetup," 12:00 - 13:30, DEFCON
                 32, Warstories Track
    
    2024-08-06 to 2024-08-07 - "Silent Auction & Raffle," B-Sides Las Vegas
                 2024, Middle Ground

    2024-07-13 - "The Fundamentals of Veilid:  cDc Breaks the Internet, and
                 You Can Too!," 13:00 - 13:50, HOPE XV, Little Theatre

    2024-04-12 - "SAT C2 over distributed IP networks (hypothetically),"
                 16:00-16:50, Hack Space Con 2024, Kennedy Space Center

    2024-02-16 - "Veilid, the future of privacy- aka- how to destroy
                 capitalism," CactusCon 12 (video)

    2023-08-12 - "Veilid Demo Lab," 10:00 � 11:55, DEF CON 31, Committee
                 Boardroom, Caesars Forum

    2023-08-11 - "CULT OF THE DEAD COW Breaks The Internet (and you can
                 too!)," PAR-TAY!, 20:00 - ??:??, DEF CON 31, Track 1,
                 Caesars Forum

    2023-08-11 - "The Internals of Veilid, a New Decentralized Application
                 Framework," 09:00 - 09:45, DEF CON 31, Track 1, Caesars
                 Forum (video | slides)

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                                ...:::::::::...
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                                ```:::::::::'''

    https://cultdeadcow.com
    https://veilid.com
    https://veilid.org/blog/
    https://gitlab.com/veilid/veilid
    https://veilid.com/discord
    Twitter:  @cdc_pulpit & @veilidnetwork
    Bluesky:  @cultdeadcow.bsky.social
    Fediverse:  @VeilidNetwork@hackers.town

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