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Hubs

Creole Network is formed via a network of Hubs. It performs three functions:

  1. Storage and Sync Layer for encrypted blocks in account-fs
  2. Account & Identity Management Service for users of account-fs
  3. WebSocket & WebRTC based Networking Infrastructure for Hub<>Acoount, Account<>Account & Hub<>Hub communication

Components & Responsibilities​

Storage Service​

  • Blockstore to Pin and Serve CIDs for any account
  • Filesystem state tracking via the head cid for an account
  • Enforces write-privileges on the filesystem for an account

Account Service​

  • Account Registration and management

Network Service​

  • Bootstrap API for agent<>Hub & Hub<>Hub peering
  • WebSocket layer for handshakes

Naming Service​

  • did<>handle registry, to provide names to Creole registered accountDIDs

Custody Service​

  • Currently Hubs also a custodial service to help ease the Key Management & transport for the Encryption Keys. The goal of this service is to help manage the rollout.

When we move to a fully permissionless & non-custodial version of the network, this service is expected to go away.

Connect Inbox​

Other agents drop Handshake messages into User’s Inbox, which can be processed asynchronously by any of the User’s agent when they come live.

The agent reads the message and processes & manages the state of the respective Handshake.