Telehash

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| author = Jeremie Miller

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| released = first prototype in {{Start date and age|2010}}{{cite web|last=Jeremie|first=Miller|title=Telehash history|url=http://quartzjer.tumblr.com/post/71784515314/telehash-history|work=Jeremie's|publisher=tumblr.com|accessdate=31 March 2014}}

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| latest release version = 2.0

| latest release date = {{Start date and age|2013}}{{cite web|title=v2.0|url=https://github.com/telehash/telehash.org/releases/tag/v2.0|work=Telehash.org protocol releases|accessdate=31 March 2014}}

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| programming language = C, Python, Ruby, Erlang, JavaScript, Go and Objective-C{{cite web|title=JSON+UDP+DHT|url=https://github.com/telehash|work=Github project page|accessdate=31 March 2014}}

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Telehash is a mesh networking protocol that aims to be secure.{{cite web|title=telehash homepage|url=http://telehash.org/|accessdate=31 March 2014}} The protocol is licensed under the Creative Commons Public domain.{{cite web|title=LICENSE|url=https://github.com/telehash/telehash.org/blob/master/LICENSE|work=telehash.org website source|accessdate=31 March 2014}}

Telehash implementations were still in development by 2014.{{cite web|last=Joey|first=Hess|title=telehash|url=http://git-annex.branchable.com/design/assistant/telehash/|work=git-annex assistant design|accessdate=31 March 2014}} As a security-sensitive application, it has yet to receive a third-party security review.{{cite web|title=LINE packets lack authentication|url=https://github.com/telehash/telehash.org/issues/23|work=Github telehash.org issue tracker|accessdate=31 March 2014}} TeleHash is similar to Resilio Sync in that it allows users of the software to share data securely without any central server authority. There are implementations in C, Python, Ruby, Erlang, JavaScript, Go, and Objective-C.

Telehash is used in the Locker project,{{cite web|title=Locker project homepage|url=http://lockerproject.org/|accessdate=31 March 2014|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150801195541/http://lockerproject.org/|archivedate=1 August 2015}} and was planned to be used as a communication and file transfer mechanism in Git-annex.{{cite web|last=Joey|first=Hess|title=day 97 exciting telehash {{sic|possiblities|nolink=y}}|url=http://git-annex.branchable.com/devblog/day_97__exciting_telehash_possiblities/|work=git-annex devblog|accessdate=31 March 2014}}