I kinda understand the point, but e-mail of all things… the one thing in the current tech stack that is in fact "P2P"… technically all you need is either a VPN that allows incoming connections to you on a fixed address on tcp/25, or a dyndns and any ISP with inbound tcp/25 open…
Also, E2E encryption >> "the network handles that".
"Ok, we got an overlay network going. What protocol should we use for standard comms?"
Scenario 1:
"Email?" "Email I guess." "Email."
Scenario 2:
"IRC?" "Nah, XMPP." "Matrix!"
"Oh, we're suggesting chat protocols? Here's a #11th draft standard that ticks all the boxes for modern secure private chat."
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I kinda understand the point, but e-mail of all things… the one thing in the current tech stack that is in fact "P2P"… technically all you need is either a VPN that allows incoming connections to you on a fixed address on tcp/25, or a dyndns and any ISP with inbound tcp/25 open…
Also, E2E encryption >> "the network handles that".