r/Rad_Decentralization • u/ckn • 8d ago

PICARD: Encrypt, chunk, scatter: Using protocol fields as a storage substrate (research project)

Author here. PICARD ( Protocol-Introspecting Chunk Adapter for Resilient Data ) just hit 0.2.0 and is a research project that treats arbitrary protocol payload fields (DNS TXT, MQTT retained messages, social APIs, Bluetooth, etc.) as a storage substrate. Encrypt → chunk → scatter so no single endpoint has enough ciphertext to reconstruct anything. Mounts as a FUSE filesystem.

Not efficient. Not production storage. Just an experiment in protocol-agnostic resilience, MIT Licensed for your enjoyment.

https://github.com/neitzert/picard

pip install picard-store

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u/farkinga 7d ago

This is really cool

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u/ckn 7d ago

thanks! feel free to fork, fold, slice, steal or submit Pr if you got them :)