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| name = The SAFE Network
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| author = David Irvine, MaidSafe
| developer = [[Open Source]] project
| repo = <!-- {{https://github.com/maidsafe|MaidSafe Github}} -->
| programming language = '''Core libraries''': [[Rust (programming language)|Rust]]<br />'''API libraries''': [[C (programming language)|C]], [[C#]], [[Java (programming language)|Java]], [[JavaScript]], Rust
| operating system = [[MacOS]], [[Windows]], [[Linux]]
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| license = https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.en.html <br> MIT Licence or BSD (Modified) Licence
| website = <!-- {{safenetwork.tech|https://www.safenetwork.tech}} -->
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The '''SAFE Network''' is an [[autonomous]] [[peer-to-peer]] network developed by MaidSafe, a [[software]] development company based in [[Scotland]]. It was designed by David Irvine and is an open-source project. The ''SAFE'' in SAFE Network stands for Secure Access for Everyone and the software is in the alpha testing phase.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Lomas |first1=Natasha |title=Not just another decentralized web whitepaper? |url=https://techcrunch.com/2018/06/02/not-just-another-decentralized-web-whitepaper/ |website=[[TechCrunch]]}}</ref>
==Overview==
The SAFE Network uses a consensus [[algorithm]] named PARSEC.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://medium.com/safenetwork/parsec-a-paradigm-shift-for-asynchronous-and-permissionless-consensus-e312d721f9d8/|title=PARSEC: A Paradigm Shift for Asynchronous and Permissionless Consensus|date=2018-05-24|work=[[Medium (website)|Medium]]|access-date=2018-12-04|language=en-US}}</ref> The software was first designed in 2006 as an [[encrypted]] overlay network that replaces the top four [[OSI_model |OSI layers]] of the current Internet: the application, presentation, session and transport layers. It is self-encrypted which describes the way that data stored on the network is broken into chunks with each chunk encrypted using a key derived from the other chunks; and a modified [[Kademlia]] [[distributed hash table]] which uses the logical operation [[Exclusive or |XOR]] to ensure the randomized distribution and unique location of each data chunk on the network and which also incorporates a [[public key infrastructure]] for security.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Wong |first1=Raymond |title=The technology to make 'Silicon Valley's' decentralized 'new internet' already exists |url=https://mashable.com/2017/04/24/is-silicon-valley-new-internet-possible-or-not/#ShB.GjQJ6Pqq |website=[[Mashable]] |accessdate=24 April 2017}}</ref>
SAFE Network is currently in Alpha public testing phase.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://techcrunch.com/2016/08/12/after-a-decade-of-rd-maidsafes-decentralized-network-opens-for-alpha-testing/|title=After a decade of R&D, MaidSafe’s decentralized network opens for alpha testing|last=Lomas|first=Natasha|work=[[TechCrunch]]|access-date=2018-03-11|language=en}}</ref> Upon launch, it will have an internal currency called Safecoin.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Lomas |first1=Natasha |title=Not just another decentralized web whitepaper? |url=https://techcrunch.com/2018/06/02/not-just-another-decentralized-web-whitepaper/ |website=[[TechCrunch]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://docs.maidsafe.net/Whitepapers/pdf/Safecoin.pdf|title=Safecoin White Paper|authors=Nick Lambert, Qi Ma, David Irvine| |date= January 2015}}</ref> Safecoin will be exchangeable with other fiat currencies and [[cryptocurrency |cryptocurrencies]].
The [[decentralized]] network is planned in such a way that the security is enhanced by splitting the data into encrypted chunks and spreading them at random over the network, with at least four copies of each chunk being maintained to ensure resilience.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/feb/01/punk-rock-internet-diy-rebels-working-replace-tech-giants-snoopers-charter|title=The punk rock internet - how DIY rebels are working to replace the tech giants|last=Harris|first=John|date=2018-02-01|website=[[The Guardian]]|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2018-03-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Leonard |first1=John |title='World's oldest startup' launches Internet 2.0 |url=https://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/2451188/worlds-oldest-startup-launches-internet-20 |website=[[The Inquirer]] |accessdate=16 March 2016}}</ref>
== References ==
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==External links==
*Official website: [https://safenetwork.tech SAFE Network Website]
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[[Category:Peer-to-peer computing]]
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