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There's some overlap with P2P Matrix (which isn't yet done but is in the works).
by feanaro 5y ago
There's some overlap with P2P Matrix (which isn't yet done but is in the works).
- IceWreck 5y agoDifference is P2P isnt matrix's main goal. Their approach to P2P is to just bundle an entire homeserver on your phone or desktop client. Briar was built for P2P from the ground up, so presumably they planned this better. This isn't a criticism of matrix. Matrix is great and I use it everyday but gotta give credit where its due.
- feanaro 5y agoA lightweight homeserver. If lightweight enough (which remains to be demonstrated in practice of course), I don't see a meaningful difference from a monolith design. I see no reason to think P2P isn't a goal of Matrix either; the reason it's not P2P now is that federation was easier, but the long-term game certainly looks to be P2P with work on cryptographic, portable identities and Bluetooth mesh networking in the form of Pinecone. I've also seen arathorn confirm this on HN.
- maverick74 5y agoI'm very curios about p2p matrix as well because I hope it will bring privacy mainstream. The closest now is signal which is, at best, very far away from whatsapp. I hope this will change with p2p matrix...