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If everything goes through relays then is it really P2P? Why not even try to have a direct connection of any sort, such as WebRTC?
by ilaksh 4y ago
If everything goes through relays then is it really P2P? Why not even try to have a direct connection of any sort, such as WebRTC?
- kdragon 4y agoYou can argue that it is not true P2P, since you rely on a public-facing intermediary. A lot of p2p protocols cheat with relays, it is really hard to traverse nats otherwise. Nostr can be used for peer discovery to bootstrap a direct p2p connection. You could also use a client/relay hybrid application, similar to other p2p networks. That would be fun to build. :-)
- nine_k 4y agoIs email p2p? Can you configure multiple relays like MX records for email? Can a receiver be its own relay? Relays are important for two reasons: peer discovery and communicating when one of the parties is offline. Same as with other p2p networks.
- bawolff 4y agoI mean, the pure P2P solution would be supernodes. Edit: i RTFA. Sounds like relays can be run by anyone. That sounds p2p enough to me.