About a month ago I got around to writing up a definition of the Kalashnikov Principle I'm always banging on about;
https://wiki.p2pfoundation.net/Kalashnikov_Principle

Today I stumbled on another excellent example of a project following this principle, #Ecolibrium;

https://github.com/simonlpaige/ecolibrium/blob/master/RESEARCH.md

This might interest you too @smallcircles, as a case study in SX design.

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Kalashnikov Principle - P2P Foundation Wiki

I'm impressed that the PolyProto devs have followed the Kalashnikov Principle. Their blog has a very thorough review of existing projects adjacent to what they're trying to create, and their pros and cons;

https://polyproto.org/blog/2026/01/02/prior-art/

Definitely aware of the risk of reinventing the wheel.

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Prior Art and Competing Projects | polyproto

In this blog post, we will compare Polyphony with various existing projects, both open-source and