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Any info about how it works/what it is more in detail? The website only lists a couple of people and a donation page.
Yeah sorry about that I didn't do a good job there..
https://veilid.com/contribute/getting-started/
https://veilid.com/how-it-works/
Hmm, so at a first glance it's IPFS with obfuscated routes plus there seems to be other possibilities, but for now it wants to be more of a framework for future applications?
Interesting, do you have any real world usage examples, like what do/can you use it for, and how do you use it?
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I'm so glad you asked!
Look up veilid chat in the Google play store...
And join the discord!
And if you like, I think the command to install a node is sudo apt update sudo apt install veilid-server veilid-cli
https://discord.gg/XAAqVa962
Very interesting!
Can't find a Veilid chat though, Veil chat maybe?
Discord, talking instead of writing 😅?! I'll try 😊
I applied for the beta ages ago, maybe it hasn't opened up again yet. Maybe it's full.
https://play.google.com/store/search?q=veilid+chat&c=apps
This may not work... Not sure how beta programs work in Google play.
Doesn't work, must be restricted I guess.
Is it working well?
It's okay. I've been working on maintaining the server more than testing the client.
It's really simple to set up if I understood correctly, is it maintenance heavy or is it just like you need to upgrade it sometimes?
So it is pretty simple to set up but not if you containerize it like I have I've decided to put it in a container because it's still beta and to do that you have to give it persistent storage and route the ports correctly and all that stuff and people do seem to have trouble with that.
Regardless, I wanted to do something to support the project and that seemed like a pretty good way to do it and it took some effort but not a whole lot and I learned a few things in the process so it was fun.
Definitely nice of you!
Yeah the port forwarding seems to be the tricky part for everyone.