News for hackers. Stuff that matters.
Re:Bitchat Becomes France's Top Social App Amid Riots and Mo... by RaffaelKuhn on Friday October 23, 2026 @06:39AM (#50206902)
Decentralisation for the win
Re:Bitchat Becomes France's Top Social App Amid Riots and Mo... by __MatrixMan__ on Friday October 23, 2026 @03:03PM (#50213848)
I wonder how far this idea could be taken. Do we really need ISP's?

You couldn't replicate everything that the modern internet offers, nothing latency sensitive like VoIP, but you could gossip map tiles, restaurant menus, and open-hours around on a CRDT and do an ISPless version of google maps.

Re:Bitchat Becomes France's Top Social App Amid Riots and Mo... by bradknowles on Friday October 23, 2026 @07:35PM (#50216833)
Why would anyone trust this guy again? He sold out to Musk. I would never, ever trust this guy now.