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<!-- hero image --> The Network Has to Start Somewhere Every distributed system has a bootstrap problem. You can't discover peers if there are no peers. You can't browse inventory …
Read moreWe Didn't Build This to Compete with Marketplaces — We Built It to Make Them Optional Every commerce platform you've ever used operates on the same fundamental premise: you bring t…
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Every centralized marketplace controls the transaction. They process the payment, take a cut, and own the relationship between buyer and seller. ACP routes everything through Strip…
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What is a Beacon? A Beacon is a lightweight server you run locally. It connects to the Pelagora mesh via DHT — no central registry, no account required. Prerequisites Node.js 18+ T…
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The problem with centralized marketplaces Every major marketplace — eBay, Etsy, Amazon — operates the same way: sellers upload listings to the platform's database, and buyers searc…
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What is a Skill? Skills are Markdown files. That's it. They contain structured instructions that an AI agent can read and execute to extend a Beacon's capabilities. Anatomy of a Sk…
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Release summary Pelagora 0.9 ships a major upgrade to the mesh routing layer, expands Schema.org support, and introduces the new pelagora.md v2 Skill format. Mesh routing — faster …
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