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>Behind the scenes, your Awala app connects to an Internet gateway, which is a server that acts as a bridge between your device and the rest of Awala on the Int
by Jean-Papoulos 2y ago
>Behind the scenes, your Awala app connects to an Internet gateway, which is a server that acts as a bridge between your device and the rest of Awala on the Internet.
It's literally just a proxy.
- gnarea 2y agoWhen the Internet is available, that specific component in your quote (the Internet gateway), does _generally_ behave like a proxy. The interesting thing is what happens when the Internet is unavailable. Check this out: https://awala.network/tech-overview#sneakernet https://awala.network/tech-overview#sneakernet And this video in particular: https://awala.network/assets/diagrams/centralised-couriers.mp4 https://awala.network/assets/diagrams/centralised-couriers.m... - Gus (author of Awala)
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