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title: Automerge - PL Hack week

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# Automerge - PL Hack week

Team:
 - @gozala 

New [binary data format][] of [automerge][] JSON CRDT library some interesting properties that are a great fit for IPFS.
  - All of the state and history is complessed into compact binary representation.
  - Conacting two automerege files produces document with documents (auto)merged.

Idea I'd like to prototype is a (non-realtime) collaborative markdown editor where:
- Each participant is added via their IPNS address like a git remote.
- Each participant updates IPNS their record pointing to new automerge document.
- Each participant semi-automaticall pulls changes from participants enabling collaboration.


### Goals

- Asses combination of automerge+IPFS for (non-realtime) collaborative applications.
- Identify the gaps to infrom work of core IPFS team.
- Decentralized alterantive for hackmd.io

[Automerge]:https://github.com/automerge/
[binary data format]:https://github.com/automerge/automerge/pull/253