Tracking: great answers to FAQs we should put on the website

[matheus23]

Just so we don't forget them. They're valuable.

• "why blake3?": https://discord.com/channels/1161119546170687619/1161119546644627528/1294724604400767019 (and below)
• "why relays?": https://discord.com/channels/1161119546170687619/1161119546644627528/1294638825775300629
• "are relays encrypted?" "are relays decentralized?": Tracking: WebAssembly support for iroh iroh#2799 (comment)
• "relay server stability?" & more Qs https://discord.com/channels/1161119546170687619/1234486664626442300/1296447013608620094
• "how does iroh's encryption and authentication work?": https://discord.com/channels/1161119546170687619/1161119546644627528/1294249776161886281
• "what about post-quantum-cryptography?": https://discord.com/channels/1161119546170687619/1296773901866500176/1296781942209118229

[b5]

• " is a Tag meant to be unique, or can I tag multiple Blobs with the same Tag, and delete that Tag to garbage-collect all those blobs?" https://discord.com/channels/1161119546170687619/1175172809354387476/1298750032539025501

[matheus23]

• "where can I read something about encryption in iroh?" - https://discord.com/channels/1161119546170687619/1161119546644627528/1303019414941073408

[matheus23]

• "Do I need to set up something TLS related on the relay?" - https://discord.com/channels/1161119546170687619/1161119546644627528/1303021199827144705

[dignifiedquire]

what is discovery in iroh, and what mechanisms are there?

https://discord.com/channels/1161119546170687619/1235278441461452922/1303345720618782784

[matheus23]

• "How do libp2p and iroh compare?" - https://discord.com/channels/1161119546170687619/1161119546644627528/1303530203246624849
  • Later also: I want to understand the difference between lroh and libp2p iroh#3152 (comment)

[matheus23]

• "Do you plan to update to post-quantum cryptography?" - https://discord.com/channels/1161119546170687619/1161119546644627528/1305602910448779436

[matheus23]

• "How do you limit nodes joining?" - any limit to join a new node or how to build a private nodes group? iroh#2933 (comment)

[matheus23]

• "How are you funded and are VCs involved?" - https://discord.com/channels/1161119546170687619/1161119546644627528/1330276563140349993

[matheus23]

• "What's the throughput differences between iroh, libp2p and webrtc?" - I want to understand the difference between lroh and libp2p iroh#3152 (comment)

[thkoch2001]

"How does iroh compare to Tailscale?"

"How does iroh compare to XMPP jingle?" https://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0166.html

"How does iroh compare to WebRTC?":

It supports video, voice, and generic data to be sent between peers (webrtc.org)

"What will iroh do if ed25519 would ever need to be replaced?" n0-computer/iroh#3159

"I really don't like async rust!" n0-computer/iroh#3160

"Do I publicly expose any private data about me when using iroh, e.g. my online time, my location?"

[matheus23]

@thkoch2001 sorry, as the title of this issue suggest - this is for us to collect answers to FAQ, not the questions themselves.

[matheus23]

Some of the above Qs were incorporated into the FAQ in #289, see it live at https://www.iroh.computer/docs/faq

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• "what ports does iroh use?" - https://discord.com/channels/1161119546170687619/1161119546644627528/1339568536271716413