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Holepunch Unveils P2P Platform "Pear Runtime"

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Re: Holepunch Unveils P2P Platform "Pear Runtime"

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Post by rglullis »

oohffyvfg wrote: post #30
humbleferret wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Genuine curiosity: What's the issue with a company being backed by Tether? I understand that, as it stands today, Holepunch appears to be operated or contributed to by several staff members from Bitfinex and Tether. However, if Holepunch is open source and Tether were to implode, Holepunch would still exist and could be adopted by anyone, irrespective of Tether/Bitfinex, etc., correct?

because using kleptocurrencies implies bad engineering decisions. code will likely have Blockchain were you could have used a queue, etc. it's like seeing something was a java applet or activex component in the 2000s

Non-sequitur.

Re: Holepunch Unveils P2P Platform "Pear Runtime"

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Post by rglullis »

yieldcrv wrote: post #19
treyd wrote: post #3

> Created by Holepunch, a Tether-backed company Is this the same Tether as in the USDT stablecoin that's been accused of pumping up the volume in Bitcoin markets and possibly being secretly insolvent?

you realize the biggest tether controversy involves them being briefly 800% more solvent than banks, instead of 1,000% more solvent than banks? and we know that because they’ve been investigated by multiple authorities in the US and paid fines for that specific reason? just making sure we are on the same page about the controversy

Banks can be rescued by governments. Tether can not.

Banks are allowed to have fractional reserve. Tether's whole promise was that they would keep 1:1 reserves.

Re: Holepunch Unveils P2P Platform "Pear Runtime"

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Post by garydevenay »

rglullis wrote: post #32
yieldcrv wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

you realize the biggest tether controversy involves them being briefly 800% more solvent than banks, instead of 1,000% more solvent than banks? and we know that because they’ve been investigated by multiple authorities in the US and paid fines for that specific reason? just making sure we are on the same page about the controversy

Banks can be rescued by governments. Tether can not. Banks are allowed to have fractional reserve. Tether's whole promise was that they would keep 1:1 reserves.

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Re: Holepunch Unveils P2P Platform "Pear Runtime"

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Post by pooper »

justahuman74 wrote: post #21
dmotz wrote: post #16

This looks exciting and I'm pleased to see more and more frictionless ways of making p2p apps. I've been building a somewhat similar hobby project [1] that aims to connect peers in the browser by piggybacking on open protocols out on the net (BitTorrent, MQTT, Nostr, IPFS, etc). This project seems to be using Hyperswarm which I've looked at for use as a peering medium but it seems like it's not supported in the brows…

I think the biggest thing we need to push for p2p apps is IPv6 just so that everyone has a real address without NAT

Sorry if this is silly question but just because I have an ipv6 address doesn't mean anyone else with an ipv6 address can communicate with me, right? Here is my simplified understanding

(You) my modem my router my phone

So like even if you had my ipv6 address, am I really addressable? Like can you ping my phone? Send me files across the Internet?

Re: Holepunch Unveils P2P Platform "Pear Runtime"

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Post by petergrace »

pooper wrote: post #34
justahuman74 wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think the biggest thing we need to push for p2p apps is IPv6 just so that everyone has a real address without NAT

Sorry if this is silly question but just because I have an ipv6 address doesn't mean anyone else with an ipv6 address can communicate with me, right? Here is my simplified understanding (You) my modem my router my phone So like even if you had my ipv6 address, am I really addressable? Like can you ping my phone? Send me files across the Internet?

Yes, I could ping your phone if there wasn't a firewall blocking it between you and me.

Re: Holepunch Unveils P2P Platform "Pear Runtime"

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Post by rglullis »

garydevenay wrote: post #33
rglullis wrote: post #32

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Banks can be rescued by governments. Tether can not. Banks are allowed to have fractional reserve. Tether's whole promise was that they would keep 1:1 reserves.

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The fact that you are using loaded words (stolen from the population) and putting words in my mouth (by asserting that I agree with banks getting bailouts) shows that you are absolutely dishonest.

Re: Holepunch Unveils P2P Platform "Pear Runtime"

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Post by pooper »

petergrace wrote: post #35
pooper wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Sorry if this is silly question but just because I have an ipv6 address doesn't mean anyone else with an ipv6 address can communicate with me, right? Here is my simplified understanding (You) my modem my router my phone So like even if you had my ipv6 address, am I really addressable? Like can you ping my phone? Send me files across the Internet?

Yes, I could ping your phone if there wasn't a firewall blocking it between you and me.

Thank you for answering. I have so many questions but I'll start with this... When I ping an ipv4 address from outside the home, if something responds to the ping it is my modem/router, right? As in even if I had no computers in the house, you couldn't tell the difference when you ping my ipv4 address, right? My Internet service provider owns my IPv4 address, not me, right? What changes with ipv6? The ISP still owns the IP addresses and is free to reassign them wherever? It isn't like a phone number where I own the number and have a right (in the US) to port it?
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