nemesis1733@lemmy.world to Open Source@lemmy.ml · 17 days agoA decentralized end-to-end encrypted chat applemmy.mlimagemessage-square21linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-textcross-posted to: opensource@programming.dev
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageA decentralized end-to-end encrypted chat applemmy.mlnemesis1733@lemmy.world to Open Source@lemmy.ml · 17 days agomessage-square21linkfedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: opensource@programming.dev
minus-squarenemesis1733@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·16 days agoHomeserver is essentially a distributed chat relay so clients post messages to rooms and the server relays those messages to its peers
minus-squarenemesis1733@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·16 days agoOfficial homeserver (https://phoenixim.site/) is hosted on a VPS and all homeservers are interconnected via federation
minus-squareValmond@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-215 days agoThanks. So the VPS acts as a jump start or bootstrap and then it’s not used any more? If so, then I must say nice job. If not then it’s kind of a not so decentralised, right?
minus-squarenemesis1733@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·15 days agoYeah official homeserver also acts as a bootstrap server
minus-squareValmond@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·15 days agoCan discussions survive without it, after they have started?
Homeserver is essentially a distributed chat relay so clients post messages to rooms and the server relays those messages to its peers
And the server is where?
Official homeserver (https://phoenixim.site/) is hosted on a VPS and all homeservers are interconnected via federation
Thanks.
So the VPS acts as a jump start or bootstrap and then it’s not used any more?
If so, then I must say nice job.
If not then it’s kind of a not so decentralised, right?
Yeah official homeserver also acts as a bootstrap server
Can discussions survive without it, after they have started?
yes