P2P overlay network

A peer-to-peer transport substrate (content-addressed, NAT-traversing, QUIC-based, e.g. the iroh stack) that lets nodes exchange data directly without a hyperscaler backbone, forming the networking layer beneath mesh inference.

grounded in: Latest trends NOTABLE: 'Mesh LLM: Distributed AI compute layered over the iroh p2p stack' (HN front page, 2026-07-12) — the p2p transport is distinct from the inference layer it carries.

Connected concepts

Decentralized mesh inference, Distributed inference, Local-first inference, AI sovereignty