> Maybe we can build a decentralized chat system based on this same principle This is how Matrix works, but using SRV records: https://github.com/matrix-org/s

> Maybe we can build a decentralized chat system based on this same principle This is how Matrix works, but using SRV records: https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse#setting-up-federation https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse#setting-up-federation I've tried Matrix, and I feel it has potential, but right now the standard homeserver is slow and a bit of a memory hog. There are some on-going projects to develop other implementations, but they are far from complete, and not usable. I'm also a bit miffed why they didn't just choose the standard "user@domain" format for user identifiers.