Cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex and Tether, the company that issues the highest stablecoin USDT in the market, introduced Peer-to-peer communication application Keet.
In the Keet application developed in cooperation with the company called Hypercore video, video chat, message and file communication can be provided.
held on July 25 in the statement, It was stated that the alpha version of the application was released today. The alpha version is currently available for download on the website. The company will release the mobile app by November of this year. that they plan to release told.
Compared to Whatsapp and Zoom, the application is not connected to any central server. faster and safer It is said to happen. In addition, the application does not require internet. broke new ground in peer-to-peer communication is stated.
According to the statement from the site, Keet is behind the application called Holepunch. platform exists.
It has been announced that Holepunch, which is stated to benefit from a network infrastructure similar to BitTorrent, will be opened to the public in December. Holepunch uses Hypercore by abstracting the low-level technical details of the protocol. to make it more accessible aims.
Bitfinex and Tether CTO Paolo Ardoino made the following statements in his statements on the subject:
Holepunch does not use a blockchain and native tokens, enabling the creation of distributed applications for scalability with minimal resources. In this way, Keet was formed in less than 4 months. Instead of relying on a blockchain on the platform, each user creates a small data structure.
The Keet app is said to support a decentralized peer-to-peer (P2P) payment option via Holepunch. In the statement, “Bitcoin and Tether (USDT) payments are the payment methods to be used between people who use the application. are just additional features.” it was said.