Leak Detect AI
The core focus: detecting metadata and side-channel leakage in decentralized AI training and inference clusters, with adversarial models for libp2p and IPFS transport.
Security-First Initiative · Ethereum 1TS
Networked Futures 2.0
libp2p and IPFS Expedition
Trillion Dollar SecurityLeak Detect AIlibp2p-2035
FOSDEM'27 Developer Rooms around libp2p and IPFS are the core workshop events of the libp2p and IPFS Expedition — part of Expedition II across EU Open Source Week (Jan 25 – Feb 1) and Config Management Camp (Feb 1 – 3). Talks and collaborative sessions on modular, trust-aware, partition-tolerant networking for decentralized AI and Ethereum infrastructure. Security is the throughline.
Timeline30 — 31 Jan, 2027
LocationFOSDEM Devrooms · Brussels, Belgium
FormatDevroom talks · workshops
— Mission
Reimagining the future of modular, trust-aware, partition-tolerant networking. We investigate the next architectural evolution of libp2p and ethp2p, with security as the dominant lens.
Post-DHT Overlays
Discovery beyond Kademlia for high-churn, agent-saturated peer networks.
Post-Gossip Broadcast
Dissemination primitives for global-scale networks without coordination tax.
Agentic Trust
Identity, attestation, and value transfer for autonomous agents on p2p rails.
Partition Tolerance
Coordination without global consensus under sustained adversarial splits.
Leak Detect AI
Detecting metadata leakage at every layer — transport, routing, agent.
Noise · TLS · AutoTLS
Secure channels with automated provisioning and cryptographic agility.
— Research Tracks
Nine problem domains
Noise · TLS · AutoTLS
Hardening secure communication channels at the libp2p transport layer. Cryptographic agility, automated certificate provisioning, and Noise pattern evolution.
ethp2p & 1TS Initiative
Trillion Dollar Security across Ethereum consensus and execution clients. Devp2p, discv5, and gossipsub hardening against partition and eclipse attacks.
Agentic Identity
Identity management and value transfer for autonomous agents, ephemeral devices, and adversarial actors operating across decentralized peer infrastructure.
Agentic Trust Models
Programmable trust layers for AI systems to coordinate directly across trustless P2P infrastructure without expensive global consensus.
Post-DHT Overlays
Rethinking peer discovery for high-churn, multi-layered networks. Beyond Kademlia: structured overlays that survive adversarial conditions.
Post-Gossip Dissemination
Scalable broadcast for global-scale networks. Reducing bandwidth, latency, and coordination overhead beyond traditional gossipsub.
Partition Tolerance
Networking primitives that remain functional under sustained partitions, regional shutdowns, and adversarial internet conditions.
libp2p 2035
Synthesizing a unified architectural vision: modular, trust-aware, partition-tolerant, agent-native networking for the next decade.
— Steering Committee
Researchers, architects, builders.
- Michelle LeeExecutive Director · IPFS
- Sangeetha Abdu JyothiUC Irvine
- David MazièresStanford University
- Molly MackinsonCEO · FIL-oz
- Johanna MoranStrategy Lead · libp2p
- Juan BenetProtocol Labs
— Ecosystem Track Record
Secure OSS for Ethereum's network dependencies.
Past contributions across libp2p, drand, IPFS and adjacent stacks have shaped how we approach secure open-source development for Ethereum's networking layer. The expedition draws directly on that operating experience — organizing OSS ecosystems in web3, running contributor cohorts, and building tooling for maintainer health.
A parallel thread of our work focuses on contribution intelligence, attribution and performance-based funding. We've been evolving libp2p's dependency graph and contribution attribution systems to support more accurate recognition of maintainers and contributors through Ethereum-style Deep Grants and RetroPGF funding mechanisms — using contribution data, performance signals, and ecosystem metrics to allocate funds and credits based on demonstrated impact.
PLDG Cohort 6 Dashboard
Live cohort dashboard — contribution intelligence and impact signals for the current PLDG cohort.
Temporary access code: pldg2026Open →
PLDG Dashboard
Contribution attribution and cohort analytics platform for Protocol Labs Dev Guild programs.
github.com/seetadev/pldg-dashboardOpen →
libp2p Adoption in Ethereum
Research corpus tracking libp2p adoption across the Ethereum ecosystem — clients, tooling, and integrations.
Tweet bank + adoption indexOpen →
Proof of Contribution
Experimental dependency management and proof-of-contribution using the Ethereum Foundation's Mopro SDK.
Mopro SDK · zk-attributionOpen →
Deep Grants · RetroPGF
Performance-based funding pipelines that translate dependency-graph and contribution signals into retroactive allocations.
Attribution → funding
libp2p · drand · IPFS
Past contributions and organizing work across Ethereum's core network dependencies — the foundation this expedition builds on.
OSS in web3
We see meaningful alignment between this work and the broader opportunity around ecosystem intelligence, contribution measurement, and impact attribution — and expect these threads to inform sessions at the expedition.
— Venue
FOSDEM'27 Devrooms
The expedition is hosted in the FOSDEM'27 devrooms at the ULB Solbosch campus, Brussels, on 30 & 31 January 2027. It forms part of the second series of libp2p Expedition II, running through EU Open Source Week (January 25 – February 1) and Config Management Camp (February 1 – 3). The setting allows participants to collaborate in the open on the foundational problems of decentralized networking and security.
- Format
- Presentations · workshops
- Focus
- libp2p · IPFS · security
- Entry
- Free · no registration
- Dates
- 30 – 31 Jan 2027
- Travel
- Self-funded
- CfP deadline
- Oct 26, 2026
— Expected Outcomes
- 01Experimental protocol prototypes for Leak Detect AI integration in libp2p
- 02Adversarial simulation frameworks for ethp2p and IPFS transports
- 03Draft research papers and technical reports on agentic trust
- 04Open-source reference implementations for AutoTLS and Noise extensions
- 05Cross-org collaborations between EF, Protocol Labs, IPFS, and academia
— Travel & Directions
By Air
Brussels Airport (BRU)
Primary gateway. Airport trains reach Brussels-Central in ~20 min; from there tram/bus to the ULB Solbosch campus. Charleroi (CRL) is a low-cost alternative ~1 h away by shuttle.
By Rail
Brussels-Midi / Zuid
Eurostar, Thalys/Eurostar Red and ICE arrive at Brussels-Midi. Trams 8, 25 and buses 71 connect the city to the ULB Solbosch campus in 20–30 min.
By Tram / Bus
Trams 8 & 25 · Bus 71
Stops ULB, Etoile-ULB and Solbosch drop you at the FOSDEM devroom buildings. Buy a STIB day pass or tap a contactless card at the reader.
Commute tips
- FOSDEM is free and needs no registration — but devrooms fill fast; arrive early for the sessions you care about.
- Late January in Brussels is cold and wet (0–6 °C) — pack layers and a rain jacket.
- Book hotels early: EU Open Source Week and FOSDEM bring thousands of visitors to the city.
- Ghent (Config Management Camp, Feb 1–3) is ~35 min from Brussels by direct train.
Address
FOSDEM Devrooms
ULB Solbosch Campus
Avenue Franklin Roosevelt 50
1050 Brussels, Belgium
— Call for Devroom Proposals
Speak in the devrooms
FOSDEM Devrooms are assigned to self-organizing groups to work together on open source and free software projects and to discuss topics relevant to a broader subset of the community. Most content takes the form of presentations. Proposals involving collaboration across project or domain boundaries are strongly encouraged.
Deadline · October 26, 2026
or email partner@libp2p.io