pcp VS instant.io

I’m currently working on a new version of pcp [0]. Based on croc, magic-wormhole and the likes it doesn’t require a relay. It uses the IPFS DHT as a discovery point to connect two machines. Haven’t touched the currently released code in two years but the new hole punching capabilities of libp2p show promising result so I’m working on a new version.

[0] https://github.com/dennis-tra/pcp

I was wondering about this recently too. I found PCP - Peer Copy. Probably not secure enough to use in production. https://github.com/dennis-tra/pcp

I‘ve also built a file transfer tool (CLI) with emphasis on decentralization. It’s a fully decentralized p2p file transfer tool based on libp2p:

https://github.com/dennis-tra/pcp

I‘m currently trying to make it interoperable with https://share.ipfs.io/#/ which resembles the functionality of the posted tool.

https://github.com/dennis-tra/pcp It's really really good on the technical side, though it's still a WIP and has no GUI yet (shouldn't be very hard to implement though).

- https://instant.io

these, but they won't hide your IP so you probably will need to use them with a VPN - https://instant.io/ - https://btorrent.xyz/ - https://ferrolho.github.io/magnet-player/

The page mentions the possibility of file sharing/torrents using WebRTC which does exist if anyone is interested: https://webtorrent.io/ and https://instant.io/

The projects are open source: https://github.com/webtorrent/webtorrent

I wish there was a command line program like this, but one that would make a torrent of that file [1] and return a magnet link for the torrent.

The next weak point is the centralization around the tracker. You can solve this by sharing all the tracker information on Nostr [2], maybe?

1. https://instant.io

Option #2 https://instant.io/ (unlimited size - uses WebTorrent)