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by lucideer 2273 days ago
> Using dgit doesn't require running a "node" of any kind (aka an SSB peer)

Can you expand on this? An SSB "peer" is entirely local, so conceptually similar to a `.git` directory.

I'm struggling to understand how a decentralised system can operate without peers.

(I clicked through on the Tupelo link, but from what I can glean from the README, a Chain Tree sounds very similar to an SSB peer. Just trying to understand the distinction)