The First Brick on the Walled Garden — Rethinking e-Food Delivery as an Open Protocol
The article discusses the launch of the Djowda Interconnected Food Protocol (DIFP), which aims to transform e-food delivery into an open protocol rather than a platform. This initiative seeks to eliminate the middlemen who currently extract fees from the food delivery process, allowing direct connections between participants in the food ecosystem. The first working implementation of the protocol has been released, showcasing its potential to facilitate food coordination without a centralized platform.
- ▪E-food delivery is a trillion-dollar market dominated by platform fees.
- ▪The Djowda Interconnected Food Protocol (DIFP) allows direct connections between food ecosystem participants.
- ▪Version 0.4 of the DIFP spec has been released along with its first working implementation.
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| Publication time | Sat, 30 May 2026 03:20:36 +0000 |
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