Gregory's ServerWhat do we make of this @VeilidNetwork thing? What will be its place in the larger scheme of things relative to, say, #Signal, #Tor, #IPFS, #Matrix and the #fediverse? https://www.theregister.com/2023/08/12/veilid_privacy_data/ #Veilid
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 @J12t @VeilidNetwork very interesting. The more (high-quality) privacy-enhancing tools the better IMO. Does Veilid provide asynchronous one-to-many message delivery, or is it more of a synchronous connection like Tor? I read their site and couldn't find which network services it offers. Is there an API yet? @jamesmarshall I know basically nothing about it, but I believe they say you run UDP and TCP over it, and there is a JSON Api if you don’t want to link directly. @jamesmarshall maybe I misread that. I read it offers ip to apps, but maybe it merely uses ip itself and provides some custom abstraction to apps. That would be a step back from tor hidden services.  @J12t @VeilidNetwork seems primarily useful as an everything-app alternative to Signal with greater privacy. It’s very different from Matrix as it doesn’t aim for the same networking effects of group-centric, federated discourse. |
@J12t Not sure yet, because this is the first I'm hearing about it.