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		mxuribe on Oct 7, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: TOX – A New Kind of Instant Messaging Do you (or does anyone) know if the wire protocol is open source as well? I see from their website that some of the apps are...but not sure of the protocol...? Because if so, then "someone" could technically retrofit it to "allow decentralization someday".

jnthn on Oct 7, 2016 [–]

Check out https://github.com/wireapp/proteus/

mxuribe on Oct 7, 2016 | [–]

Thanks!

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