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Ok, so this is "decentralized" in the sense that a communication from one client will be sent directly to another client, but you still have to have a centraliz
by theaustinseven 10y ago
Ok, so this is "decentralized" in the sense that a communication from one client will be sent directly to another client, but you still have to have a centralized discovery method. Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't WebRTC already cover the same bases? I think I might be missing what is really new or interesting here.
- Perceptes 10y agoMatrix is not peer-to-peer. It's decentralized in the sense that it's federated. Like email, (or other messaging systems before it, like XMPP,) each user's account exists primarily on a specific server, but they can choose which server that is, or run their own, and it doesn't change their ability to message anyone else in the system or for anyone else to message them.
- gcb0 10y agoso will it die the same way as xmpp? death by spam
- Bromskloss 10y agoOh, does XMPP have trouble with spam? I guess it makes sense, since it works like email, but I have never received any.
- rakoo 10y agoNot Spam issue itself, but there's been a lot of spammy bot accounts created on many domains, which is the reason why In-Band registration is disallowed on most of the public domains. It has also been said that when Google still federated, a major part of the federation was for spam accounts to connect to Google, and only very few actual humans used federation, so they just cut it.
- gcb0 10y agoit wasnt said... it was the official reason Google gave for shutting it down.