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--- qnect_app [10/17/2022 05:19] – created gfactor
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-===== Qnect =====
+===== Qnect App=====
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+===== Download Guide =====
+https://qortal.link/Qnect/Downloads.html
+===== Notes From Ido =====
+I saw some comments about Qnect being centralized that I'd like to address.
+Specifically two concerns that were raised in Q-chat:
+The first one being the fact that it is served over a web server. This is only the case for iPhone and Mac users, since publishing to the App store will most likely be a no-go for an app such as this. But if another Qortal dev wants to give it a try once I publish the code they are welcome to do so. For Android, Windows and Linux there will be natively built packages. Those can be installed from file directly to your device.
+Another option could be to install an HTTP server on your system and run the web app from there, I would provide the files that would normally be served by the website and you can just load those onto your local HTTP server, problem solved.I'm not sure about that option yet, as it would mean anyone could make a website, plop those files in there and use it as a phishing mechanism to obtain people's credentials. These are some of the challenges that come with open source software.
+The second reason that Qnect could be called centralized is the fact that it uses our public nodes to make API calls. Within our home network we will (in phase 2) be able to connect to our own node.
+There's currently simply no way around using public nodes if we want to have access to the API outside of our local network.At least not until we have mobile lite nodes.
+Qnect cycles through the list of all current public nodes when it makes API calls. You'll be able to edit that list, this might come in handy if more public nodes become available, or if some public nodes go offline.
+Since the lite node does not contain the blockchain and fetches data from a list of peers, it could be argued that that is a bit similar to getting the data from public nodes, albeit a lot more random and with a lot more peers to choose from.
+So yes, compared to the UI, Qnect is more centralized, but it's as decentralized as we can expect it to be for a mobile app that is meant to be used outside of our home network.

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