In my view Maelstrom instantly disqualifies itself because it&#x27;s kept closed source. I really don&#x27;t understand how BitTorrent (the company) can take itself seriously preaching about &quot;truely neutral&quot; networks.<p>I&#x27;ve worked with IPFS, and it&#x27;s really amazing. The development on it is very active, and the main developers are easily accessible for questions on Freenode#ipfs. I&#x27;ve been trying to build a tiny consensus protocol on top of it, but its native support for signing is still a little rough around the edges (and of course I&#x27;ve been distracted by a thousand other side-projects).