LisPi · @lispi314
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@strypey @toolbear @latelesley @raineer @socketwench Not exactly, instance/server-centrism is embedded pretty deeply in 's core, and that assumption on the has some immediate monetary consequences that programs with -spreading & first-class support for relays and diverse & messaging transports (, overlays, , etc) don't.

Both relays and p2p can be hacked on to some degree... but the seams are very obvious & fragile.

#gossip #activitypub #clearnet #p2p #networking #darknets #asynchronousnetworking

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LisPi · @lispi314
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@meko Have you heard of ? That's pretty much the best example of such a program that comes to mind.

complete.org/nncp/

nncp.mirrors.quux.org/

It doesn't require any connectivity at all in order to work.

is a bit different but also provides an off-grid messenger. briarproject.org/how-it-works/

Even tolerates disruption fairly well (complete.org/asynchronous-comm).

#email #asynchronousnetworking #offline #sneakernet #p2p #resilient #encryption #meshnet #NNCP #briar

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LisPi · @lispi314
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@ijatz_La_Hojita Techncially speaking, nothing in proper /does/ explicitly require low-latency... except that in practice every single server uses off-the-shelf HTTP libraries that expect conventional low-latency TCP/UDP to work as expected.

If you modified the software to cache the session in DB and made for example some adapter for carrying the HTTP requests by , you could have a janky but fully compliant ActivityPub server supporting .

#activitypub #NNCP #sneakernet #asynchronousnetworking

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