Parley
A federated, decentralized instant messaging project compatible with the traditional IRC protocol, allowing users to connect using existing IRC clients. It incorporates the censorship-resistance and single-point-of-failure resilience characteristic of distributed networks.
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Parley is an instant messaging project that is federated, decentralized, and compatible with the traditional IRC protocol.
Parley received 21 points and 6 comments on Hacker News.
Users can connect to Parley using established IRC clients such as WeeChat, irssi, and HexChat.
Parley's differentiation lies in treating compatibility with plain IRC as the top priority, rather than reinventing the protocol.
Whether Parley can carve out a place in the decentralized communication space depends on whether it can attract enough node operators and communities to form a meaningful network scale.
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Parley is an instant messaging project that is federated, decentralized, and compatible with the traditional IRC protocol.
50%UnverifiedUsers can connect to Parley using established IRC clients such as WeeChat, irssi, and HexChat.
50%UnverifiedParley's differentiation lies in treating compatibility with plain IRC as the top priority, rather than reinventing the protocol.
50%UnverifiedWhether Parley can carve out a place in the decentralized communication space depends on whether it can attract enough node operators and communities to form a meaningful network scale.
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