Data-Addressed Structures & Links

aka “dazzle”

DASL (“dazzle”) is a small set of simple, standard primitives for working with content-addressed, linked data. It builds on content addressing, a proven approach used in Git and IPFS to create reliable content identifiers (known as CIDs) through cryptographic hashing. Content addressing enables robust data integrity checks and efficient networking: systems can verify they received exactly what they asked for and avoid downloading the same content twice. The linked data part lets you link to stuff by its hash. You can build very big graphs with these primitives, such as the graph behind Bluesky / atproto.

DASL is a strict subset of IPFS CIDs and IPLD, so existing IPFS and IPLD implementations will just read DASL CIDs and the MASL documents they point to without so much as a hiccup. Some implementations also specifically target a DASL subset.

Governance

See Governance of the DASL Project

The goal of the DASL Project is to develop content-addressing primitives and the technologies that build on them, with a view towards enabling unbundled software and protocol architectures that best align with and promote democratic systems.