Akhilesh Thite

@akhileshthite
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Working on the decentralized web - @peersky, @distributedpress @dweb | cs @ucsc hacker, artist, 1/10th hippie
GitHubhttps://github.com/akhileshthite

Check out the recording of our talk from UC Open Summit 2026 at the Brower Center in Berkeley:

https://youtu.be/D8fm5Qes454

#PeerSky

Local-First Peer-to-Peer Infrastructure: Create, Collaborate, and Publish Without the Cloud

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We started working on @peersky Mobile đź‘€

Native wab payments (pay://) in peer-to-peer web đź’¸

@Interledger đź‘€

https://github.com/p2plabsxyz/peersky-browser/issues/199

#webmonetization #peersky

feat: add native web payments (`pay://`) · Issue #199 · p2plabsxyz/peersky-browser

Add Open Payments as a native protocol in PeerSky, so P2P apps can send and receive payments without third-party services. This follows the same pattern we use for other protocols: a protocol handl...

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@peersky is not just a browser, it can do so many things. I don’t like describing it as a “browser”. I want wording that non-tech people can easily understand.

These days, I describe it as: “What if you could turn your browser into a server?” and then explain what that means.

if i see these in text or code "—", "→"
i know you’ve put in zero effort to be human
We're not far from the era where people will put chips inside their brains for enhanced intelligence.
What scares me is that at some point, people might have to wait to skip ads or pay for a premium subscription just to "think", with surveillance layered on top.

🚀 #PeerSky v1.0.0-beta.26 is here!

- Opt-in BitTorrent seeding and management UI
- Offline KaTeX math rendering and scientific markdown templates in p2pmd
- Tests for IPFS, Hyper, HS, BitTorrent, and Extensions
- Download management page with live popup tracking
- Periodic IPFS CID re-providing and DHT stack overflow fix
- Linux AppImage segfault fix
- Extension stability fixes

Try it out! 👉 https://peersky.p2plabs.xyz/

Buckeye Trails, Big Sur 🌊

The most important aspect is content moderation, and we’re working on it.

I can't wait till it becomes stable and safe for people to use it as a Discord or Slack alternative.