Ghostly Messenger with Miguel | FREEDOM TECH FRIDAY 63

Miguel Medeiros returns to discuss his innovative peer-to-peer messaging platform, Ghostly, which has recently launched version 1.6.0. Ghostly allows users to communicate without a central server, leveraging decentralized technologies to ensure privacy and security. The platform integrates various protocols, enabling users to send messages, files, and even make payments directly between devices. Medeiros emphasizes the creative process behind Ghostly, detailing how he combined existing technologies to create a seamless user experience.

The conversation also touches on the challenges of building such a complex system while maintaining user-friendly design. Medeiros highlights the importance of feedback from users and the community, noting that he actively incorporates suggestions to enhance the platform. He encourages developers to embrace creativity and collaboration, suggesting that the future of technology lies in building interconnected systems that prioritize user autonomy and privacy.

Additionally, Medeiros showcases his personal website, transformed into an interactive 3D island, which serves as a playful representation of his work and interests. This creative endeavor reflects his passion for technology and innovation, inviting users to explore his projects in an engaging way. As Ghostly gains traction, Medeiros expresses optimism about its potential to revolutionize digital communication and foster a more decentralized internet.

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This week we're joined by Miguel Medeiros, last on the show in February with his phoenixd dashboard. Since then he's shipped Ghostly, a peer to peer encrypted messenger with a wallet built in and no server at all, over 4,000 commits in eight months with version 1.6.0 out this week. He talks us through how it grew out of an earlier project with Nuvi building a decentralised DNS on the Mainline DHT (the same network BitTorrent runs on), how he stumbled into turning that into a chat system, and how he bridges peers from the DHT into WebRTC, Iroh or HyperDHT so two people can talk with no server in the middle and nothing left behind once they do.

Most of the demo is practical: wallets for Cashu, Lightning, Ark, Spark, Fedimint, on-chain and USDT sit inside the chat itself, so you can send sats to a contact the same way you'd send a message. He shows off proving identities (Nostr, PGP, SSH, a domain via a TXT record) without any server checking the proof for you, sharing a localhost web app with a contact, and the built in app store: chess, a Quake deathmatch, a shared Minecraft-style world and a cinema for watching films together. He also shows how he runs his own AI agents as contacts inside Ghostly itself, coordinating a "war room" of coding agents that patch and bug-hunt the project while he's away from his desk, and compares the project to Keet and White Noise. Max presses him on why anyone would move their group chats over from Signal or Telegram, and the main sticking point is syncing the same profile across devices, which Miguel's still working on.

We also get a tour of his other project, miguelmedeiros.dev, a drivable 3D island built with three.js that doubles as his portfolio: driving, flying or sailing between Mempool Plaza (live blocks from mempool.space), his GitHub Castle, Elektron Mining and a Lightning-powered boat ride, with 47 achievements and multiplayer built in. Links: Ghostly, Ghostly web app, Ghostly on GitHub, miguelmedeiros.dev, Miguel on X, Miguel on GitHub.

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