Here is a very early demo of running a p2p-news-app in a web browser.
It leverages hyperswarm-dht-relay in a similar fashion to nostr relays.
Hopefully this will soon be a lot more mature :-)
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why not iroh
why iroh?
dat started in 2013 and is way more mature and in many ways better.
whats the feature you like with iroh that you even ask this question?
with iroh you cant build this anyway.
imho iroh is the new IPFS.
IPFS went nowhere... lets see how it goes for iroh? ...woupdnt count on anything.
Its just the same old hype that happened to IPFS too
because it doesn't need nodejs
that's the only reason I'm asking
the p2p app above is all about embracing javascript. iroh is rust.
there is a dat implementation im rust too but it is javascript by choice. what needs to be fast can and is implemented in C and can be rust too, but this is about building apps and making it easy - the example above is just the start
im general, p2p wont work if its not a thing the masses can use and program in just lile they coupd build html/css websites in school.
p2p is something we all need to be able to participate in
that's a point
but I thought you couldn't use hyperswarm in the browser
that is correct.
The app here uses a hyperswarm-dht-relay and connects to it via web socket.
It is essentially the same principle as in Nostr, but the crucial difference is that you CAN run your relay on localhost and it works, making it true p2p even though you use a browser.
now granted, once you are willling to run on localhost you could also use a native app.
But that is the point - from nostr style download nothing and just use it, it is a gradual transition towards self sovereignity when a user is ready.