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Self-hosted messenger that doesn't use phone numbers
- yaminette 5y ago3196211382
- yaminette 5y agoPedro
- sanketsarang 5y agoInteresting concept, but I have a few questions: 1. How scalable is it? 2. What is the expected messaging latency? 3. Data loss protection?
- abeam 5y agoThanks for the interest! 1. Because it's decentralized, the complexity doesn't increase by having additional nodes on the network. The complexity does increase to a small degree as seen by your node as you make contacts. I guess my answer to your question is it's very scalable. 2. I have a notification loop that runs once every three seconds. The result is the latency is about 1.5s from when I send a message to when it shows up on my contact's phone. 3. Because it's a self hosted network, the data loss protection is up to the person running the node. I added a cron script to backup my node node once a day, but someone might want something more frequent...or less. Cheers.
- sanketsarang 5y agoVery interesting. Have you considered the possibility of monetising encrypted backups? Allow people to backup their node on a cloud service you provide. Keep the data encrypted in a manner that only the owner can decrypt. This would give users mental peace, and could be a monetisation source for you.
- abeam 5y agoThat's a really interesting idea; I hadn't thought of that approach. My super long shot idea is that enough people would use app that a router company would be interested in licensing the node and app software and providing a self hosting solution for the common consumer.