Brussels / 31 January & 1 February 2026

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Decentralized Internet and Privacy


09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Sunday Intro to the Decentralized Internet & Privacy devroom
Bringing Decentralization to Your Doorstep: 5 Years in Browsers
Re-decentralizing the web platform with Wasm GC
Reclaiming the Web: Surfing the Internet on Torrents
In defence of GnuPG: Key Sovereignty in an Age of Digital Feudalism
Liberate Your User Data with zkTLS: Verifiable HTTPS Using TLSNotary
Namecoin and Tor as a Public Key Infrastructure
Gosling: Build Anonymous, Secure, and Metadata- Resistant Peer-to-Peer Applications using Tor Onion Services
Half-time recap & precap for Decentralized Internet devroom
Radicle: Peer-to-Peer Code Collaboration
Peergos: Capability-Based Access Control for an Encrypted Web
OCapN: The secure, decentralized protocol of the future
iroh p2p connections
NextGraph: E2EE decentralized platform & framework
Walkaway Stack: Radical, infrastructure-independent peer-to-peer systems
Reticulum-rs: Porting the Trustless Mesh from Python to Rust
qaul.net - Internet Independent Wireless Mesh Communication App
Multi-relay chat messaging & cryptographic identities with Delta Chat and Chatmail relays

Read the Call for Papers at https://decentral.community/FOSDEM2026/.

The Internet landscape is evermore on it’s steadfast course towards surveillance and centralization. In this scenario, where most Internet connected devices have become tools of imprisonment rather than liberation, reviving the old Internet ethos of peer-to-peer (P2P) and private communication is of uttermost importance.

The Decentralized Internet and Privacy Devroom features talks from all technical projects and initiatives which foster decentralization and privacy on the Internet, or try to replace it for something new altogether. We also welcome those working on securing the devices, operating systems and user-facing software we use to access The Net.

Check https://decentral.community/FOSDEM2026 for more information.

Event Speakers Start End

Sunday

  Intro to the Decentralized Internet & Privacy devroom
Kevin Schulmeister 09:00 09:05
  Bringing Decentralization to Your Doorstep: 5 Years in Browsers
Mosh Lee 09:05 09:30
  Re-decentralizing the web platform with Wasm GC
David Thompson 09:30 09:55
  Reclaiming the Web: Surfing the Internet on Torrents
Jah Kosha 09:55 10:25
  In defence of GnuPG: Key Sovereignty in an Age of Digital Feudalism
Özcan Oğuz 10:25 10:50
  Liberate Your User Data with zkTLS: Verifiable HTTPS Using TLSNotary
Hendrik 11:20 11:45
  Namecoin and Tor as a Public Key Infrastructure
Jeremy Rand 11:45 12:15
  Gosling: Build Anonymous, Secure, and Metadata- Resistant Peer-to-Peer Applications using Tor Onion Services
morgan 12:15 12:40
  Half-time recap & precap for Decentralized Internet devroom
Kevin Schulmeister 12:40 12:45
  Radicle: Peer-to-Peer Code Collaboration
Lorenz Leutgeb 12:45 13:15
  Peergos: Capability-Based Access Control for an Encrypted Web
Ian Preston 13:15 13:45
  OCapN: The secure, decentralized protocol of the future
Jessica Tallon 13:45 14:10
  iroh p2p connections
Floris Bruynooghe 14:10 14:35
  NextGraph: E2EE decentralized platform & framework
Niko Bonnieure 14:35 15:05
  Walkaway Stack: Radical, infrastructure-independent peer-to-peer systems
Andreas Dzialocha / adz 15:05 15:35
  Reticulum-rs: Porting the Trustless Mesh from Python to Rust
Shane Pearman 15:35 16:05
  qaul.net - Internet Independent Wireless Mesh Communication App
Mathias Jud 16:05 16:35
  Multi-relay chat messaging & cryptographic identities with Delta Chat and Chatmail relays
missytake 16:35 17:00