nemesis1733@lemmy.world to Open Source@lemmy.ml · 23 天前A decentralized end-to-end encrypted chat applemmy.mlimagemessage-square24fedilinkarrow-up1115arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up1112arrow-down1imageA decentralized end-to-end encrypted chat applemmy.mlnemesis1733@lemmy.world to Open Source@lemmy.ml · 23 天前message-square24fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarenemesis1733@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·22 天前Homeserver 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-up1·22 天前Official homeserver (https://phoenixim.site/) is hosted on a VPS and all homeservers are interconnected via federation
minus-squareValmond@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-221 天前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?
minus-squarenemesis1733@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·21 天前Yeah official homeserver also acts as a bootstrap server
minus-squareValmond@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·21 天前Can discussions survive without it, after they have started?
minus-squareValmond@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·21 天前That is good to hear! Thank you for your patience :-)
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
That is good to hear!
Thank you for your patience :-)