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Re:Berty: Peer-to-peer messaging app that works with or with... by haivri on Wednesday January 27, 2021 @07:01PM (#25935988)
> The main concept of the Berty Protocol is the "group", a virtual place where multiple devices can share messages and metadata using OrbitDB, which itself relies on IPFS.

Doesn't IPFS rely on blockchain?

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Re:Berty: Peer-to-peer messaging app that works with or with... by anonisko on Thursday January 28, 2021 @02:35AM (#25939213)
I believe there's some work being done to use cryptocurrency micro payments as a layer on top of IPFS to incentivize data storage.

edit; Filecoin, https://docs.filecoin.io/about-filecoin/ipfs-and-filecoin/#d...

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Re:Berty: Peer-to-peer messaging app that works with or with... by detaro on Wednesday January 27, 2021 @07:04PM (#25936017)
no, it uses distributed hashtables to find stuff.
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Re:Berty: Peer-to-peer messaging app that works with or with... by sneak on Thursday January 28, 2021 @10:21AM (#25943115)
Not at all.

The people that make it are developing a blockchain product that uses IPFS, but that is totally separate.

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Re:Berty: Peer-to-peer messaging app that works with or with... by vorpalhex on Wednesday January 27, 2021 @08:39PM (#25936982)
Not for basic features. There is discussion about using smart contracts via ethereum to enable some eCommerce/dynamic kind of flows in a distributed way, but there are non-blockchain alternatives being talked about too.
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