[eqvinox]

I kinda understand the point, but e-mail of all things… the one thing in the current tech stack that is in fact "P2P"… technically all you need is either a VPN that allows incoming connections to you on a fixed address on tcp/25, or a dyndns and any ISP with inbound tcp/25 open…

Also, E2E encryption >> "the network handles that".

[xeonmc]

    "Ok, we got an overlay network going. What protocol should we use for standard comms?"

Scenario 1:

    "Email?" "Email I guess." "Email."

Scenario 2:

    "IRC?" "Nah, XMPP." "Matrix!" 
    "Oh, we're suggesting chat protocols? Here's a #11th draft standard that ticks all the boxes for modern secure private chat."