Journal of Decentralized Systems

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Vol. 1 No. 1 (2026): Decentralized

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Premier issue featuring articles on Decentralized Communication and Software Development.

Published: 2026-04-07

Articles

The Architecture of Mediated Autonomy: Utilizing a Parental Controls Module in OpenSimulator to Scaffold Cognitive Development and Spatial Reasoning

Fiona Sweet (Author)
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Founding Editorial: Sovereignty in Scholarship

Waitman Gobble (Author)
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From Commons To Code Generation How AI-Assisted Development is Eroding the Open Source Ecosystem

Waitman Gobble (Author)
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Decentralized Identity and the Prevention of Public Key Substitution Attacks A Technical Survey of Key Event Infrastructure, Hardware Security, and Distributed Trust Models

Waitman Gobble (Author)
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Coat-Hanger Star Mesh Federated Networking Architecture A Zero-Trust Federated Networking Architecture for Decentralized Virtual World Infrastructure

Fiona Sweet (Author)
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Focus Areas include:

Federated Protocols: Innovations in ActivityPub, OCAPs, and decentralized social networking.
Virtual Environments: Hypergrid protocols, OpenSimulator development, and metaverse interoperability.
Sovereign Systems: Decentralized Identifiers (DIDs), verifiable credentials, and user-owned data.
Software Engineering: High-performance implementations in Rust, C#, and PHP for distributed systems.
Civic & Legal Frameworks: The role of Benefit Corporations and DAOs in sustaining open infrastructure.