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From their research paper at https://vuvuzela.io/static/vuvuzela.pdf https://vuvuzela.io/static/vuvuzela.pdf: > Vuvuzela can support 1 million users exchanging
by Cynddl 8y ago
From their research paper at https://vuvuzela.io/static/vuvuzela.pdf https://vuvuzela.io/static/vuvuzela.pdf:
> Vuvuzela can support 1 million users exchanging
text messages (up to 240 bytes each) with an end-to-end latency of 37 seconds, achieving a throughput of 68,000 messages/sec.
Unfortunately, 37 seconds, even for a privacy-aware service, seems too slow to deliver instant messages.
- iforgotpassword 8y agoHuh? I think that's plenty enough for most use cases. Sure, sometimes I want text based realtime communications, so I can't have that, but most of the time it's just semi-realtime where this would be fine. But it has to scale to that point first I guess, and maybe things would already have been refined until then.
- samcday 8y agoWhile I agree that 37 seconds is slow enough to be noticeable in an intense conversation, I don't think it's a deal breaker. I don't think all text messaging is equal. If you want a realtime conversation with someone, you probably want to just jump on a call with them anyway. Furthermore, a system like this, with its extreme level of privacy (and the fact that you, at least at the moment, need a Go toolchain installed locally to even use it), seems to be tailored for a pretty specific kind of audience. That audience is the kind that values, and probably requires for their own personal safety, privacy above all else. 37 seconds of latency seems like a pretty reasonable trade off in that case.
- lazard 8y agoOur latest paper, Karaoke, achieves 6.8 seconds with 2 million active users: https://vuvuzela.io/static/karaoke.pdf https://vuvuzela.io/static/karaoke.pdf
- silverlyra 8y agocool! does (or will) the existing Vuvuzela client use Karaoke?
- lazard 8y agoIt doesn't yet. I'd like to integrate Karaoke's techniques into the Vuvuzela client in the coming months.
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