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- no vendor lock-in - decentralized - encrypted/private/secure - open-source It's like irc or email for private decentralized encrypted chat.
by thinkloop 8y ago
- no vendor lock-in
- decentralized
- encrypted/private/secure
- open-source
It's like irc or email for private decentralized encrypted chat.
- dboreham 8y agoMatrix isn't really decentralized. It's federated.
- zaarn 8y agoFederation is a form of decentralization.
- erdii 8y agoAlso you can host a completely isolated matrix server, that does not connect to "the Matrix network"
- thinkloop 8y agoFor example, every client could choose to run its own server to have a perfectly decentralized network. Federation is a feature that allows for greater than 1:1 mapping between clients and servers.
- amiraliakbari 8y agoNo, decentralization is invented alongside the blockchain and nothing without a blockchain is decentralized. :)
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- stagas 8y agoNo, you don't need a blockchain for decentralization. Also, you don't need a blockchain[0]. [0]: https://thomaslarock.com/2018/11/no-you-dont-need-a-blockchain/ https://thomaslarock.com/2018/11/no-you-dont-need-a-blockcha...
- Arathorn 8y agoIn Matrix the conversations really are decentralised, not federated, over the servers - they are replicated over the nodes just as you would with git or a blockchain. Meanwhile we’re actively working on running servers clientside, at which point it becomes fully p2p as well as decentralised if you want that.
- severine 8y ago> we’re actively working on running servers clientside, at which point it becomes fully p2p as well as decentralised if you want that. Where can I read more about this?
- dboreham 8y agoRight, I meant federated in that each user is expected to connect to a home server, not to "the network". Running the server locally on the user's device definitely changes the picture.
- ATsch 8y agoI think a useful way of looking at it is that the rooms are decentralized, i.e. not owned by a single server, but the user accounts are (for now).