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BitTorrent Chat Demystified

Posted by timothy on from the like-chat-roulette-but-different dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Can you really do group chat with no central server? BitTorrent's Patrick Williams has developed a new app that leverages a distributed architecture to eliminate the need for any servers — even to host a buddy list. He says magnet links are the key."

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  1. ICQ by Bodero · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Can you really do group chat with no central server?

    ICQ proved that it was possible over a decade ago. Simultaneously, they proved that it was not a good idea (as I remember friends saying, "Who are you talking to? I don't see him! Re-invite!").

  2. Am I the first ham in the room? APRS was earlier! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Okay, it's not the same thing at all (just like most of the other things people are suggesting were first/earlier), but it is decentralized chat with radios, since 1992.

    Look it up, even if you're not a ham, it's pretty cool stuff.

    73 de AB9UL