This is a simple CLI chat client, running via a p2p network.
First, let's take a look at normal operation of a banter network:
Actually, each node is restricted to know 128 peers (currently hardcoded). The app would still be usabe beyond that, as verified when disabling syncing of the peerlist:
The following gif shows how peers are propagated in normal mode, as well as the
banter-peer-explorer binary, whose purpose is plain testing of the p2p layer:
Commands begin with a colon :. Anything that is typed and doesn't start with a
colon will be interpreted as a message and broadcasted to the network, which
will propagate it as shown above.
| Command | What it does |
|---|---|
:l, :list |
Prints a list of currently known peers |
:q, :quit |
Exits the chat app |
Because the whole idea of this project was to learn some more about p2p networking.