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Re:Awala: The computer network on which humankind can rely by Jean-Papoulos on Monday September 30, 2024 @06:15AM (#41695472)
>Behind the scenes, your Awala app connects to an Internet gateway, which is a server that acts as a bridge between your device and the rest of Awala on the Internet.

It's literally just a proxy.

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Re:Awala: The computer network on which humankind can rely by gnarea on Monday September 30, 2024 @06:28AM (#41695555)
When the Internet is available, that specific component in your quote (the Internet gateway), does _generally_ behave like a proxy.

The interesting thing is what happens when the Internet is unavailable. Check this out: https://awala.network/tech-overview#sneakernet

And this video in particular: https://awala.network/assets/diagrams/centralised-couriers.m...

- Gus (author of Awala)

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