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Re:Signal adds a payments feature with a privacy-focused cry... by RL_Quine on Tuesday April 06, 2021 @02:21PM (#26715441)
Mastodon, Matrix and others suffer that issue greatly. You can't really run single-user instances without running a gigantic installation, when a minimal implementation of their protocols should have no footprint to speak of.
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Re:Signal adds a payments feature with a privacy-focused cry... by remirk on Tuesday April 06, 2021 @05:56PM (#26717887)
That was the case a few years ago. Matrix' server software has improved a lot since then. It doesn't use much resources anymore. Though there still is a large CPU spike when I join a really large room (500+ users) for the first time.
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Re:Signal adds a payments feature with a privacy-focused cry... by lrvick on Tuesday April 06, 2021 @02:26PM (#26715490)
Dendrite is that minimal implementation to make single user instances cheap.
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Re:Signal adds a payments feature with a privacy-focused cry... by summm on Tuesday April 06, 2021 @06:23PM (#26718121)
Yes, at some time in the future, but it is not usable yet.
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