From d658b059677adf780955a8f8a39f0e385f1d49b9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: karissa Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2017 15:43:47 -0800 Subject: add quesiton about multiwriter --- docs/faq.md | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) (limited to 'docs') diff --git a/docs/faq.md b/docs/faq.md index 3f84033..03dba06 100644 --- a/docs/faq.md +++ b/docs/faq.md @@ -44,6 +44,12 @@ Yes, you'll be able to [install soon](https://datproject.org/install)! See [datp Yes. We are currently developing the serialization format (like .zip archives) called [SLEEP](/sleep) so that third-party libraries can read data without reimplementing all of hyperdrive (which is node-only). +### Can multiple people write to one archive? + +Dat uses one keypair to verify that only one writer is allowed to add or update files in a Dat. This means that all peers connecting to the data are read-only right now. If the original creator of the dat loses the keypair, the data can no longer be updated. + +We are interested in implementations of multi-party writers to dat. Come talk to us in #dat on freenode for more information. + ## Security & Privacy ### Is data shared over Dat encrypted? -- cgit v1.2.3