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Hi everyone

I am working on a web sdk which can reduce video streaming costs of CDN by up-to 90% using a hybrid decentralized load sharing technology. I have opened it up for beta-access for developers to try it out. Looking for feedback w.r.t the technology and any features you would want to have.

A web demo is available here https://api.peervadoo.com/test . Click on Add new peer to see the tech in action

Sdk link :- https://github.com/vadootvpeer/sdk-javascript

Happy to answer any queries

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Is this another WebRTC thing? How do I explain to my users that pay $20-30 per 1GB of data when it starts automatically "contributing" to reduce my costs?

There are options in dashboard to disable the service for certain sets of users say users on 4g and enable it only for users on wifi or say enable it only for free customers and disable it for subscribed customers.

LTE routers with GB limits. You are connected via Wi-Fi or Ethernet cable.

If I've found out some website is using my upload bandwidth without my consent I would just quit using it.

It's a dick move to utilize user's resources.

Pretty much this, I've noticed quite an uptick of traffic since WFHdemic started from mobile networks presenting non-mobile user agents. If you're on a typical 5G hotspot and suddenly start mass uploading, congrats, you've either run up a bill horrendously within minutes or run out of data for the month.

In addition, there are many countries (like India for example) where wired internet is not the norm and instead 3G/4G/LTE sticks or hotspots are.

Not to mention data caps are a thing on wired internet anyway, like Comcast in US.

There seem to be an option in Windows that let you specify you are on a metered connection. Probably one could check if the "saveData" option is selected to disable p2p.

As cloudy as Windows is, it doesn't seem to automatically detect/set that flag (and then you have the problem where people don't want to turn on datasave mode - like how I don't want iOS to only download updates over WiFi because I don't have any, I just want it to download it all over LTE), and getting all your website users to "opt in" to setting it is kind of an exercise in frustration to not automatically be using their bandwidth

Who would this save money if the videos are hosted in a p2p platform? We need to pay for CDN + P2P network, right? This assumes people are watching the same video at the same time but the moment they close the browser tab, you would fallback to the CDN.

Are you using WebRTC with a torrent like network (ex:Filecoin)? I can imagine people renting a percentage of their existing home servers.

It would save money for the streaming platforms since the CDN costs are reduced now and the load is distributed across peers.

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