Feb 11, 2021, 14:47 pm
Hey guys,
I believe this is something for us pirates,
We've been working on a messenger built on Monero tech called Hugin; it's usable and starting to take shape. With Hugin, we've solved WebRTC signaling over the blockchain.
- Fyi, WebRTC is a technology used to create a direct connection between two computers on the internet to stream data. This technology is used by Discord, Zoom, Skype, etc. for communication. The problem with WebRTC is that our competition uses it in a centralized manner, even though the technology is P2P at its core. So, if you connect to a call in Discord or Zoom, your data is sent through WebRTC to their servers, where they're encoded in a so-called MCU, and then it's sent to your partner.
In other words, that extra step isn't necessary. You can connect directly to your peer and stream video and voice without any third parties. This can scale infinitely because it's not a central server that is affected upon usage, but the users own broadband and computing power. Compared to our competition, this is a "silver bullet" to a problem that they simply can not solve with their centralized systems. However, to establish a connection, a central system is required, at least before. With Hugin, we've managed to compress one of these requests to establish a connection (called SDP) with WebRTC from over 2000 characters to less than 200 – which means that a connection through Hugin is possible!
This is a huge step, not only for Hugin but also for WebRTC in general. We have, in theory, solved the biggest problem with WebRTC – signaling. Signaling can now be done through Hugin and establish video connections without any central servers. We don't want anyone to underestimate the potential in this!
AND we've integrated torrent into this so you can easily send files p2p - this is gold, I'm using it everyday now, just drag and drop, send unlimited bytes!
Check it out
https://github.com/kryptokrona/hugin-messenger
https://kryptokrona.se/hugin-messenger/
You can join our general board on Hugin or our discord
I believe this is something for us pirates,
We've been working on a messenger built on Monero tech called Hugin; it's usable and starting to take shape. With Hugin, we've solved WebRTC signaling over the blockchain.
- Fyi, WebRTC is a technology used to create a direct connection between two computers on the internet to stream data. This technology is used by Discord, Zoom, Skype, etc. for communication. The problem with WebRTC is that our competition uses it in a centralized manner, even though the technology is P2P at its core. So, if you connect to a call in Discord or Zoom, your data is sent through WebRTC to their servers, where they're encoded in a so-called MCU, and then it's sent to your partner.
In other words, that extra step isn't necessary. You can connect directly to your peer and stream video and voice without any third parties. This can scale infinitely because it's not a central server that is affected upon usage, but the users own broadband and computing power. Compared to our competition, this is a "silver bullet" to a problem that they simply can not solve with their centralized systems. However, to establish a connection, a central system is required, at least before. With Hugin, we've managed to compress one of these requests to establish a connection (called SDP) with WebRTC from over 2000 characters to less than 200 – which means that a connection through Hugin is possible!
This is a huge step, not only for Hugin but also for WebRTC in general. We have, in theory, solved the biggest problem with WebRTC – signaling. Signaling can now be done through Hugin and establish video connections without any central servers. We don't want anyone to underestimate the potential in this!
AND we've integrated torrent into this so you can easily send files p2p - this is gold, I'm using it everyday now, just drag and drop, send unlimited bytes!
Check it out
https://github.com/kryptokrona/hugin-messenger
https://kryptokrona.se/hugin-messenger/
You can join our general board on Hugin or our discord