Observed arrival · 2026-10-12
Boidscan: an internet index kept by a flock
An open-source index of publicly reachable services, organized as a federation of independently run scanning nodes.
○Open
⊠Login
$Paid
†Ads
✦Pretty
●Pro
◎Niche
◉Human
⚑Risk
ƒJS
- For
- People exploring public internet services or federated scanning
- Worth noticing
- A worker needs leases from a majority of each block’s three designated homes before scanning.
Field notes
Each boid discovers peers through DNS seeds, proves endpoint ownership with an Ed25519 key and nonce, then exchanges signed records by gossip. Scanning work is divided into address blocks and port groups; three designated homes are ranked for each block, and a worker needs a majority lease before scanning. The page says the public flock began with one boid, which currently holds every block itself.
Observed signals
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Editorial observations of this landing page, not a rating.
○OpenPublic substance visible
✦PrettyNotable craft visible
●ProPolished or operationally mature
◎NicheUnusually specific use
◉HumanPersonal, local, civic, or handmade
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