"Sigil is a deterministic identicon generator originally created for Cupcake."<p>ok...<p>...click over to Cupcake to see what's up and can't figure out exactly what it is before the page break...where I find that:<p>"Cupcake is part of the growing Tent ecosystem."<p>ok...<p>"Tent is a protocol for real time communication and personal data storage. Tent is decentralized like email so you can communicate with users on every Tent host. There are no proprietary APIs or central authorities that can limit users' speech or apps' functionality."<p>now we're getting somewhere -- also, Cupcake appears to be $5/mo<p>for more info: <a href="https://tent.io/" rel="nofollow">https://tent.io/</a><p>Despite reading HN almost every day, it's still really hard to keep up with stuff.