Bringing peer-to-peer networks to ALL the peers
Duration: 00:10:04
Speaker: Franck Royer
Type: Lightning Talk
Expertise: Intermediate
Event: Devcon
Date: Nov 2024
The p2p networks of the Ethereum ecosystem generally draw the line to server nodes. True end users devices: mobiles, laptops, browsers, are excluded and use centralised APIs and gateways to access the p2p network. Removing sovereignty, censorship-resistance and privacy in the process.
In this lightning talk, we’ll review everything that can go wrong when trying to include resource restricted devices in a peer-to-peer network, using the most popular tools and libraries.