I started building an open-source project called arkA — a creator-owned video protocol inspired by how RSS works for blogs.
Not a platform, not a startup. Just a neutral standard for video metadata + indexing + storage:
• universal video metadata schema
• open index format
• static web client for playback
• storage-agnostic (IPFS, Arweave, S3, R2, NAS, etc.)
• optional HLS/DASH/CMAF extensions
• no algorithms, no user tracking, no lock-in
Motivation comes from raising neurodiverse children and seeing how algorithmic platforms overstimulate or distort their development.
arkA is early — looking for feedback from protocol-minded developers.
I started building an open-source project called arkA — a creator-owned video protocol inspired by how RSS works for blogs.
Not a platform, not a startup. Just a neutral standard for video metadata + indexing + storage:
• universal video metadata schema • open index format • static web client for playback • storage-agnostic (IPFS, Arweave, S3, R2, NAS, etc.) • optional HLS/DASH/CMAF extensions • no algorithms, no user tracking, no lock-in
Motivation comes from raising neurodiverse children and seeing how algorithmic platforms overstimulate or distort their development.
arkA is early — looking for feedback from protocol-minded developers.
Repo: https://github.com/baconpantsuppercut/arkA Discussions: https://github.com/baconpantsuppercut/arkA/discussions