Scuttlebutt is a very interesting protocol, but I wonder how much benefits you actually get from decentralization. You could implement something similar with a central server and clients sending their locations. You could even implement E2E encryption for privacy.
Lots of people argue for decentralized protocols (e.g. blockchain), but in practice centralization is usually fine. Just because you have a trusted central server, it doesn't have to be expensive and anti-privacy like Google or Facebook.
Lots of people argue for decentralized protocols (e.g. blockchain), but in practice centralization is usually fine. Just because you have a trusted central server, it doesn't have to be expensive and anti-privacy like Google or Facebook.