Yggdrasil: A Decentralized Alternative to Traditional Routing Protocols

The internet as we know it relies on structured routing protocols like BGP (Border Gateway Protocol) that depend on centralized hierarchies and trust relationships between autonomous systems. While this architecture has served us well for decades, it comes with inherent limitations: single points of failure, vulnerability to attacks, and dependence on centralized infrastructure. Enter Yggdrasil – an experimental decentralized networking protocol that reimagines how we route traffic across the internet.