Matrix: a new specification for federated realtime chat
Matrix: a new specification for federated realtime chat
[Front] Posted Feb 11, 2015 21:38 UTC (Wed) by n8willis
The free-software community has frequently advocated the development of new decentralized, federated network services—for example, promoting XMPP as an alternative to AOL Instant Messenger, StatusNet as an alternative to Twitter, or Diaspora as an alternative to Facebook. The recently launched Matrix project takes on a different service: IRC-like multi-user chat.