Similar to <a href="https://bitbucket.org/skskeyserver/sks-keyserver/wiki/Home">sks-keyserver</a>, dat-keyserver is a PGP keyserver that provides a distributed, decentralized platform to share and search PGP public keys.
It is built with technology from the <a href="https://datproject.org">dat project</a>, a peer-to-peer web protocol. More specifically, it uses <a href="https://github.com/mafintosh/hyperdb">hyperdb</a>, a distributed database, and <a href="https://github.com/karissa/hyperdiscovery">hyperdiscovery</a>, a peer discovery and replication system.
When browsing sks keyservers I noticed that most were very slow to search and fetch keys, and some just did not work at all... cough MIT cough. This inspired me to try and build a new solution, something that used some new and exciting technology. I had experimented with some components of the dat ecosystem before, and saw hyperdb in particular as a perfect fit for this project.
I have a node running <a href="https://keys.tdjs.tech">here</a>, try searching &#39;tom&#39; to find my public key.
If you want to run a node, follow the instructions in the README, linked above. Feel free to start your own pool or join mine with the key:
<pre><code>9ceccb8abeaba2868fe22d14605790b0b84ac58aba3e48606a710f4d33c5a4f7
</code></pre>
Keys will be replicated to all nodes within a pool, but not between pools. Bear this in mind if you are thinking of starting a new pool, as you will be starting with no data.

a distributed PGP keyserver project based on the dat protocol