1/ Hey libp2p Community 👋 There was some confusion surrounding a change in maintainership to some implementations last week - so time for a project update! 🚀 The libp2p Project powers $100Bs in value across major blockchain networks, popular IPFS dapps, decentralized AI &
2/ The libp2p project & community is alive and well! It has 10+ active implementations with ~20 active maintainers across 15+ orgs, and hundreds of OSS contributors. 💪 Big thanks to all maintainers, contributors, and funders! Your libp2p systems work well thanks to them! And
3/ Last week, the IP Shipyard team (one of the maintainer teams) announced plans to ramp down their work on go-libp2p & js-libp2p (https://ipshipyard.com/blog/20... A big thank you to them and all the people there who helped build libp2p over the years. 🙏👏❤️ For continuity: -
4/ This transition highlights a critical need: the many teams relying on libp2p maintainership, security, and innovation must either contribute or fund libp2p to maintain & grow the project’s capabilities! In addition to those who fund dedicated or part-time maintainers, libp2p
5/ Libp2p has close to 300 contributors from around the world each month, but we’re always always looking for new contributors and maintainers, esp if your project uses libp2p! Want to join in? Find an open contributors meeting at http://luma.com/libp2p, look for help-wanted
