New peer-to-peer chat application launches on the decentralized Streamr Network
Zug, Switzerland — Streamr, a decentralized network for real-time data, recently launched the beta version of the chat.app, a new decentralized and serverless group and private chat instant messaging application. It offers a unique Web3 communication architecture. Chat rooms are actually streams on the Streamr Network with each connected participant forming part of a peer-to-peer mesh network for messages to flow through, without a centralised instance in between. This is unlike the chat apps that relyona central server.
Henri Pihkala, Streamr Co-Founder and CEO
“The Streamr Network offers an ideal opportunity to build decentralized communication and social media applications. For the Web3 communityt migrate from using Web2 messaging platforms, they need a protocol that’s fast and server...