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
In defence of GnuPG: Key Sovereignty in an Age of Digital Feudalism
The GNU Name System, its applications and roadmap
Namecoin and Tor as a Public Key Infrastructure
Half-time recap & precap for Decentralized Internet devroom
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-transport 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
Diego Salazar 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
  In defence of GnuPG: Key Sovereignty in an Age of Digital Feudalism
Özcan Oğuz 10:25 10:50
  The GNU Name System, its applications and roadmap
Martin Schanzenbach 10:50 11:20
  Namecoin and Tor as a Public Key Infrastructure
Jeremy Rand 11:45 12:15
  Half-time recap & precap for Decentralized Internet devroom
Diego Salazar 12:40 12:45
  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
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-transport chat messaging & cryptographic identities with Delta Chat and Chatmail relays
missytake 16:35 17:00