I wasn't too familiar with telehash until you mentioned it. I read the docs and it looks like it's a pretty complete framework whereas OTR is more of a handshak

I wasn't too familiar with telehash until you mentioned it. I read the docs and it looks like it's a pretty complete framework whereas OTR is more of a handshake to establish a secure channel. If you're only using telehash to secure a channel it seems like overkill. If you use its peer resolution and asynchronous messaging features it seems pretty nice. libotr is a very good implementation of OTR (in c) [1]. I don't think performance would be a big issue on modern hardware. OTR does offer future deniability in case one of the parties gets compromised. I didn't see the same guaranty in telehash (I might have missed it). I think they are both fine platforms but I'm far from being an expert. For anyone who is interested in the documentation I was referring to: telehash [2] and OTR [3]. [1]https://otr.cypherpunks.ca/index.php#downloads https://otr.cypherpunks.ca/index.php#downloads [2]https://github.com/telehash/telehash.org/blob/master/v3/spec/v3.0.1-beta.pdf https://github.com/telehash/telehash.org/blob/master/v3/spec... [3]https://otr.cypherpunks.ca/Protocol-v3-4.0.0.html https://otr.cypherpunks.ca/Protocol-v3-4.0.0.html