Is keybase decentralized?

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Keybase Go Library, Client, Service, OS X, iOS, Android, Electron

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Is keybase decentralized? #10512

Open offray opened 6 years ago

offray commented 6 years ago

Hi, Glad to see Keybase, but the sparse documentation doens't let me assure if it is a decentralize application or relies on centralized server owned by a single party. Is keybase decentralized? How it compared with matrix.org and Riot.im?

Thanks

cjb commented 6 years ago

It's complicated -- it relies on a centralized server, but with decentralized trust and end to end encryption. (The server can't read your messages or lie to you about who wrote them.)

offray commented 6 years ago

Thanks. So, is kind of Matrix, plus centralized server. Any plans to decentralization on the server front?