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Re:Cabal: A peer-to-peer, off-grid, community-first, hackabl... by hu3 on Sunday January 10, 2021 @11:28AM (#25716309)
Different goals. IRC needs a central server. This is peer-to-peer.
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Re:Cabal: A peer-to-peer, off-grid, community-first, hackabl... by fulafel on Monday January 11, 2021 @12:19AM (#25724890)
IRC servers are peer to peer, so it's a kind of archipelago architecture. But they trust each other so it has to be coordinated and built on trusted relationships.
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