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Matrix, the protocol that might finally make messaging apps interoperable
- DoItToMe81 4y agoSome of this article is poorly researched. Rocket.chat is not moving over to the protocol, it's just implementing federation in such a way that Rocket.Chat servers can communicate with Matrix servers. It's still its own (heavily flawed) thing.
- tcfhgj 4y agowhat's the difference?
- Arathorn 4y agoPersonally, I think it’s fine to say that X speaks Matrix if X speaks the Server-Server API, like Rocket.Chat or Gitter does. I think the distinction the grandparent post is making is that RC doesn’t speak the Client-Server API, so you can’t point a random Matrix client at it. Honestly, I think it matters more that you can talk to it transparently via the Matrix network than connect your favourite Matrix client to it.
- DoItToMe81 4y agoWell, you can't simply use Rocket.Chat to join a Matrix server. You need to join a Rocket.Chat server set up to communicate with Matrix and work from there. Neither can you use a Matrix client to join a Rocket.Chat instance.
- throwaway67743 4y agoBut at least their clients aren't awful, might actually be useful if it can talk matrix
- sanjayio 4y agoWhat makes you think it’s flawed?
- celtoid 4y agoI do believe that Nostr is going to be the goto protocol for interoperability in the coming years.
- elkos 4y agoIs nostr documented as an open-source protocol?
- celtoid 4y agoAbsolutely. Nostr's license is even listed as public domain[0]. Nostr will be widespread in near future, the next year or two. [0]https://github.com/nostr-protocol/nostr https://github.com/nostr-protocol/nostr
- hammyhavoc 4y agoThe EU is all-in on Matrix already with healthcare, military, gov and police. Anything else is really going to struggle to gain adoption.