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The mobile app isn't a peer in this hypothetical torrent network. Your mastodon instance is and it serves you using the same client protocol we have right now.
by malermeister 3y ago
The mobile app isn't a peer in this hypothetical torrent network. Your mastodon instance is and it serves you using the same client protocol we have right now.
That way, you solve for the potential hosting issues of smaller hosts not being able to handle the load in case of viral posts etc, all without the clients having to know anything about the implementation details.
- mariusor 3y agoIf you still require servers that you need to connect to then you kind of lose the benefit of having a social network over a p2p protocol. Or you're also thinking that the social serving aspect is parallel to the media serving aspect that another sibling mentioned.