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by Maran 4341 days ago
Not sure if the poster is also the author but why is the application connecting to a server? Is it using a centralised point to connect to the Bitmessage network?

Edit: It also appears to connect to Tor. Perhaps a quick overview of what's happening under the hood could be useful.

2 comments

It's not connecting to a centralized server.

The UI launches a local pybitmessage node in the background which uses tor to connect to the Bitmessage network.

Collaborator here. Good point. Thanks.