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@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ a decentralized secure web app eco-system without servers, coins or chains.
## How webxdc works ## How webxdc works
webxdc apps use existing chat groups (instead of web servers) to communicate with each other, with roughly this technical work flow: webxdc apps use existing chat groups (instead of web servers) to communicate with each other, with roughly this initial technical work flow:
1. Send a message to a chat with an webxdc app (archive or bundled html) as attachment. 1. Send a message to a chat with an webxdc app (archive or bundled html) as attachment.
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ webxdc apps use existing chat groups (instead of web servers) to communicate wit
3. webxdc apps can not reach the internet themselves and rather can only send "app-state" update message to other app users in the chat group. 3. webxdc apps can not reach the internet themselves and rather can only send "app-state" update message to other app users in the chat group.
While this describes an already working "proof of concept" usage there are already a lot of further reaching discussions. However, we prefer to avoid "early over-generalizing" and rather evolve further mechanisms and features from real-world needs, especially from people living in precarious contexts with bad networks and affected by internet outages.
## Benefits to users of webxdc apps ## Benefits to users of webxdc apps
@@ -22,11 +24,12 @@ webxdc apps use existing chat groups (instead of web servers) to communicate wit
- no need for logins, accounts or discovery mechanisms because apps start and run privately - no need for logins, accounts or discovery mechanisms because apps start and run privately
from an existing social chat context from an existing social chat context
- privacy by protocol: leaking of content or metadata from app usage virtually impossible - privacy by protocol: leaking of content or metadata from app usage
virtually impossible. No need for annoying GDPR or cookie consent dialogues.
- webxdc app messaging is also e2e-encrypted by default and there is no - webxdc app messaging is e2e-encrypted by default and there is no
way to read or collect app state information, not even by webxdc app developers way to read or collect app state information, not even by webxdc developers
because apps can not contact anyone outside the chat because their apps can not contact anyone outside the chat.
- no need to think about creating or representing yourself as a wallet :) - no need to think about creating or representing yourself as a wallet :)
@@ -35,7 +38,7 @@ webxdc apps use existing chat groups (instead of web servers) to communicate wit
webxdc empowers FOSS developments in unprecedented ways: webxdc empowers FOSS developments in unprecedented ways:
- just use all the existing JS/html5 libraries and designs of your choice - well-known paradim: use all the existing JS/html5 libraries and designs of your choice
- quick onboarding: only a handful API methods to learn - quick onboarding: only a handful API methods to learn
- serverless (but really): no worrying about hosting a server or configuring DNS, AWS etc - serverless (but really): no worrying about hosting a server or configuring DNS, AWS etc
- permissionless: no worrying about registering at app stores for distribution - permissionless: no worrying about registering at app stores for distribution