PLDG Cohort-6: Open Issues for Contribution & Coordination #1165

seetadev · 2026-01-26T12:45:13Z

seetadev
Jan 26, 2026
Maintainer

Hello everyone 👋

This discussion is intended as a coordination space for PLDG Cohort-6 contributors who wish to work on py-libp2p.

We’ve identified a set of open issues that are good candidates for learning, experimentation, and contribution. Before picking up any of these, please comment here to align on scope and avoid duplicate efforts.

📌 How to use this discussion

If you’re interested in contributing:

Comment with the issue number(s) you’re interested in
Share your initial understanding of the problem
(Optional) Propose an approach or ask clarifying questions

Maintainers and mentors will help guide next steps.

🧩 Open Issues for PLDG Cohort-6

Please open a discussion or comment before picking up any issue.

– #92
– #261
– #197
– #418
– #301
– #309
– #312
– #319
– #313 (Aniruddha)
– #363
– #376
– #395 (Aniruddha)

🎯 Goal

Encourage early discussion and design thinking
Make onboarding smoother for new contributors
Improve collaboration and review velocity

If you’re unsure which issue to start with, comment here and we’ll help you pick one based on your interests and experience.

Please also join our maintainer's call every Thursday: please visit https://luma.com/libp2p

Contributor's guide: https://py-libp2p.readthedocs.io/en/stable/contributing.html

Including a Newfragment: https://github.com/libp2p/py-libp2p/tree/main/newsfragments

Thanks for contributing to py-libp2p — excited to work with you all! 🚀

seetadev · 2026-01-26T13:25:29Z

seetadev
Jan 26, 2026
Maintainer Author

🔧 Building with py-libp2p: learning by doing

In addition to working on individual issues, we strongly encourage cohort members to build small, focused projects using py-libp2p. This is one of the best ways to develop a deeper understanding of the core modules and how they fit together in practice.

Some suggested directions:

Build minimal examples around transports (TCP, WebSocket, QUIC)
Experiment with muxers and security transports in isolation
Create simple demos for peer discovery, connection lifecycle, and stream handling
Write small CLIs or scripts that exercise specific py-libp2p modules end-to-end

Some open project issues:

P2P File Sharing Across NATs #877
Decentralized Chat with Peer Reputation #878
On-Chain + Off-Chain Hybrid Discovery #881
Browser-to-Backend P2P Sync #879
https://github.com/seetadev/py-libp2p/issues (all the issues are open for development at this link)
Decentralized Messaging with DHT Bootstrap #880

If you are picking up a project in this list, please submit a PR at https://github.com/seetadev/awesome-py-libp2p-examples

Update py-libp2p modules and demonstrate its application in Trinity Ethereum client: https://github.com/seetadev/trinity-eth2 (the client might need some updates too).

These projects don’t need to be large or production-ready — the goal is to:

Understand py-libp2p’s internal abstractions
Surface rough edges or missing documentation
Produce clear, reusable examples that help future contributors onboard faster

If you’re building something: