SecureChat is an e2e-encrypted, p2p chat that is built on top of IPFS for a distributed, highly available data store.
Users are identified by public keys, which are also used for encrypting and decrypting messages. To simplify user creation, users can generate pub/priv keypairs using the application itself.
Currently, only text messaging will be supported, but the aim is to support multimedia content like images, gifs, and videos.
- Use built-in ipfs/ipns keystore for identity or a separate private key managed by this executable?
- Which serialization format to use for messages? Include public key with message (or at least a pointer to it)? a. Json b. Protobuf (https://github.com/golang/protobuf) c. gob (https://pkg.go.dev/encoding/gob)
- If using pub/priv key encryption, how to support channels with multiple users?