// devcon 8 — nov 3–6, 2026 — session #289
Building open, resilient networks with libp2p
A community learning and collaboration space centered on libp2p and the open networks that underpin Ethereum and decentralized infrastructure — hosted within the libp2p Expedition's Devcon 8 window, Mumbai.
Who It’s For: Participants with a foundational understanding of computer networking.
Who Should Join: Developers, researchers, infrastructure operators, and builders working on consensus clients, security & privacy, post-quantum (PQ) networking, and infrastructure-layer CROPs.
// why resilient networking matters
Explore how libp2p powers resilient, permissionless networking across Ethereum, Web3 and the decentralized web. Learn how peer discovery, transports, DHTs, GossipSub, NAT traversal, relays, and peer identity work together to build networks that remain open, observable, interoperable, and resilient.
// what you'll explore
The Hub introduces the building blocks of modern P2P networking and connects them to practical questions of resilience, privacy, observability, and security. Through talks, live demos, hands-on workshops, experiments, and contributor sessions, participants see how decentralized networks behave.
// inside the hub
Ten threads, from peer identity to future networks — making libp2p approachable to a broad Devcon audience.
libp2p fundamentals
Peer identity, transports, protocols, and secure connections
Peer discovery and DHTs
How nodes find and connect to one another
GossipSub
Decentralized message propagation and resilient communication
NAT traversal and relays
Connecting peers across real-world networks
Network resilience
Failures, partitions, adversarial conditions, and recovery
Observability
Understanding network behaviour without undermining privacy
Interoperability
Connecting implementations, protocols, and ecosystems
Open-source contribution
Practical pathways into libp2p and related projects
Ethereum P2P
Understanding the networking layer beneath Ethereum infrastructure
Future networks
Decentralized AI agents and autonomous, interconnected systems
// core team
libp2p maintainer · @seetadev
libp2p maintainer and contributor across IPFS, IPLD, and multiformats, working on transports, GossipSub, DHTs, NAT traversal, and network observability. For the Hub he leads technical sessions, workshops, demonstrations, and contributor activities.
Research Engineer, Nyx Foundation · Maintainer, Haskell-libp2p
Develops and maintains libp2p in Haskell, bringing implementation-level experience to the Hub's focus on universal, interoperable P2P networking.
Maintainer, py-libp2p · unified-test plans
Maintains py-libp2p and the unified-test plans repository, focused on universal connectivity and cross-implementation testing.
Maintainer, IPFS MeshKit
Contributes to open-source networking infrastructure and practical tooling around IPFS and libp2p-based connectivity.
Core developer, WebRTC Direct v2 · AutoTLS · Maintainer, Luminar
Works on secure connectivity and transport-level communication, including WebRTC-based P2P networking.
Director, AIC · NITI Aayog, Government of India
Connects technology, innovation, and public-interest technology across India's broader technology ecosystem.
QMeshPy contributor · GossipSub lead developer
Brings practical experience in GossipSub, Python-based networking infrastructure, and open-source development.
// research & ecosystem contributors
// core advisers
Adviser, Operations & Strategy · Organizer
Operations and Strategy Lead at libp2p, working across the global libp2p ecosystem and its contributor community. She supports the Hub's community coordination, programme development, and contributor engagement.
// alignment with ethereum's community roadmap
The Hub is an open technical and community space for understanding how permissionless networks communicate, discover peers, recover from failures, and remain useful under changing conditions — prioritizing education, hands-on learning, open-source collaboration, and community contribution.
