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DevOps ParadoxHow to Build Apps That Never Go Down Even When Servers Die#322: Peer-to-peer technology represents a fundamental shift in how we think about data sovereignty and application architecture. Rather than relying on centralized servers and trusting specific endpoints, peer-to-peer systems allow users to verify data authenticity regardless of its source. This approach eliminates the traditional point-to-point communication model where data flows from a specific server to your device, instead creating networks where any peer can help distribute content while maintaining cryptographic verification. The technology offers compelling advantages for developers and users alike. Applications built on peer-to-peer foundations can operate without ongoing infrastructure costs, scale naturally as more users join...
2025-10-2951 min
Trust RevolutionS02E02 Mathias Buus – The future is peer-to-peerIn This Episode
Shawn interviews Mathias Buus, CEO of Holepunch, about revolutionizing the internet with peer-to-peer (P2P) technologies like Pear Runtime, Hypercore, and Keet. Mathias shares his journey from math student to open-source powerhouse with over 1,000 NPM modules, driven by empowering individuals. They discuss centralized platforms’ flaws, Keet’s open-source controversy, and how businesses can adopt P2P for a trustless future.
Guest Bio
Mathias Buus, Holepunch’s CEO, is a Copenhagen-based JavaScript wizard who’s published over 1,000 NPM modules with billions of downloads. Creator of Pear Runtime, Hypercore, and Keet, he organize...
2025-09-031h 02
Semaphore UncutMathias Buus Madsen on Building Apps Without AWS Using Peer-to-Peer and Pear RuntimeIn this episode, Darko welcomes Mathias Buus Madsen, CEO of Holepunch and creator of Pear Runtime. Mathias shares how peer-to-peer tech and modular architecture let developers build apps without AWS or cloud lock-in.Like this episode? Be sure to leave a ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ review on the podcast player of your choice and share it with your friends.🎙️ This podcast is powered by Semaphore! 🚀Show Semaphore Some Love ❤️⭐ Star us on GitHub: https://github.com/semaphoreio/semaphore🚀 Join us on discord: https://discord.com/invite/FBuUrV24NH⬆️ Upvote on Product Hunt: https://www.producthunt.com...
2025-08-2925 min
Bitfinex TalksEP #005 - Peer-to-Peer, Keet, Innovation and Freedom- With Mathias Buus“We could share a terabyte file with you right now and it will still work and we can stream our videos with each other in a high quality as we want because there's no arbitrary things in between us limiting us.” – Mathias BuusWho is our guest?Mathias Buus is the CEO of Keet, a cutting-edge peer-to-peer encrypted chat application developed by Holepunch. With extensive experience in peer-to-peer technology and open source software, Mathias leads the mission to build decentralised, privacy-focused communication tools that eliminate central servers, enabling direct encrypted connections between users...
2025-07-1733 min
JavaScript JabberHow Holepunch Is Redefining Peer-to-Peer Apps with Bare.js — A New Era for JavaScript Developers -JSJ 681In this episode, we sit down with Mathias Madsen, CEO of Holepunch, and take a wild ride through the cutting edge of peer-to-peer JavaScript development. Mathias shares his journey from accidentally discovering JavaScript in college to becoming a prolific contributor with over 1,500 open source modules. His passion? Building decentralized, peer-to-peer systems where JavaScript isn’t just for the browser—it powers the entire stack.We dive deep into how Holepunch is reimagining application distribution with their Pear system —essentially turning peer-to-peer into a first-class citizen for distributing full applications, not just files. No hosting, no servers — just apps shared di...
2025-06-251h 06
Web3 CMO StoriesThe Peer-to-Peer Revolution with Mathias Buus Madsen, CEO of Holepunch – backed by Tether | S5 E23Send us a textThe digital landscape is undergoing a profound transformation as privacy awareness grows. What once seemed like a fringe concern has become mainstream, with users increasingly questioning how their data is used and stored. Mathias Buus Madsen, CEO of Holepunch and a leading voice in open source development, stands at the forefront of this shift with a radical vision: eliminating servers entirely.After more than a decade dedicated to peer-to-peer innovation, Matthias has watched public perception evolve dramatically. "Things were different," he reflects on earlier days when Facebook was continuously growing and...
2025-06-1216 min
Software People StoriesExploring Peer-to-Peer Tech with Mathias Buus MadsenShiv is in conversation with Mathias Buus Madsen, CEO of Holepunch, Copenhagen. In this episode, Mathias shareshis journey into software development, beginning as a math student and evolving into a passionate advocate for peer-to-peer technology. He explains the foundational concepts behind peer-to-peer systems, their advantages over centralized models, and their applications in both personal and enterprise use. Mathias discusses how these decentralized systems enhance security, minimize infrastructure costs, and improve accessibility—especially for remote or underserved communities. He also compares peer-to-peer networking with blockchain, clarifying the distinct roles each technology plays. He touched on real-world applications of peer-to...
2025-05-0250 min
FRIDA trifftSandra Knecht – Ist Kunst auch eine Heimat?Für die 14. Folge des Kulturpodcasts «FRIDA trifft» haben wir Sandra Knecht besucht. Die Künstlerin zeigt momentan in der Kulturstiftung H. Geiger in Basel ihren Werkzyklus «Home Is a Foreign Place» – und kocht demnächst in der Serpentine Gallery in Londo
Wie sie das genau meint, und wie sie selbst zu einem so eigenwilligen künstlerischen Ausdruck gefunden hat, das hat sie uns in ihrem Atelier in Buus, einem Dorf in Baselland, erzählt.
Und wir haben natürlich über das Thema und die Werke in ihrer aktuellen Ausstellung gesprochen; darin geht es zwar vor allem um Heimat – a...
2025-02-271h 10
Bitcoin AudibleChat_120 - How P2P is changing the Internet [Pears]"There are so many reasons to be interested in peer-to-peer. You can be interested in it for resilience, because there are no middlemen, so it's going to work if any of your devices are online. You can also just be interested in it from this angle, the idea that if you have full control of your data, and the code that you're using, that you're running on that data, then anybody can fork it, modify it, tweak it, and create a whole... That's where the Cambrian explosion comes in, this whole proliferation of apps that give users very different...
2024-12-172h 07
Coffee and Open SourceMathias Buus MadsenAs CEO of Holepunch, Mathias brings his passion and extensive expertise in open-source development to the fore, having published more than 1000 modules to npm, the Node.js package manager, totalling billions of downloads every month.
Mathias Buus is a self taught JavaScript hacker from Copenhagen. He works full time on open source projects and has been working with Node.js since the 0.2 days. Mathias likes to work with P2P and distributed systems and is the author of more than 550 modules on npm, including some of the most popular ones for working with streams. In addition he...
2024-11-191h 05
The Bitcoin Infinity ShowPaolo Ardoino and Mathias Buus Madsen - Bitcoin Infinity Show #125In this episode we're joined by Paolo Ardoino and Mathias Buus Madsen from Holepunch to learn about Keet, the Pear runtime, a little bit about Tether, and more!
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BITCOIN: THE INVERSE...
2024-09-101h 09
VIAvidereMathias Elmose om mange sprog og mundtlighed med AIHvor mange sprog kan du tale, hvis AI ‘hjælper’ dig? Lyder det som dig? Og er det svært at rette til? Mathias Elmose er en garvet oplæser, men selv om du ikke er, så kan dine podcasts og videoer ret let udgives på andre sprog. Også på andre sprog du hverken taler eller forstår. Hør denne episode og vær forberedt på at få lyst til at lege med AI.
Buus, L., & Høybye-Mortensen, M. (2023). Professioner og deres digitale landskab. Samfundslitteratur.
Retningslinjer for anvendelsen af kunstig intelligens i VIA (kræver VIA-logi...
2024-08-2622 min
Bitcoin AudibleRead_841 - Trump Embraces the “Bitcoin-Dollar”"The end result was a historical wealth transfer from regular Americans to a handful of billionaires. This wealth transfer, which was heavily premeditated and provably used the COVID-19 crisis as cover, should be treated as an unprecedented theft from the American taxpayer. Yet few Americans know that it even happened." — Unlimited Hangout
We've always supposed that Bitcoin was going to challenge the dollar and reign in the irresponsible and corrupt monopoly held by the US govt over the global debt markets. But what if we were wrong? What if the embrace of Bitcoin and stablecoins by the US...
2024-08-241h 09
We Study Billionaires - The Investor’s Podcast NetworkBTC194: Tether's Backing and Pear w/ Paolo Ardoino and Mathias Buus (Bitcoin Podcast)In this episode, we start by delving into Tether's Q2 2024 attestation, highlighting their remarkable financial achievements and commitment to creating a stable and resilient stablecoin. Following this, we dive into the Pear initiative's zero-cost, peer-to-peer infrastructure, discuss Keet's open-source capabilities, and examine the impact of eliminating server dependency with insights from Paolo Ardoino and Mathias Buus.IN THIS EPISODE YOU’LL LEARN:00:00 - Intro03:07 - Tether's Q2 2024 financial highlights, including $1.3 billion in net operating profit and $5.33 billion in excess reserves.04:46 - The strategic positioning of Tether in the U...
2024-08-071h 01
Bitcoin AudibleTPR_001 - Return of the P2P WebIn our inaugural episode of The Pear Report, it only felt right to bring Mafintosh and dmc onto the show to explore the transformative potential of the Pear Stack and how it can reshape our digital interactions and the foundational layers of the internet! Delve into discussions on the role of the Pear Stack in enabling more decentralized, secure, and user-empowered digital environments. Do not sleep on what is happening, find out why in our first episode, "The Second Coming of the P2P Web."
Links to check out
Pears.com (Link: pears.com)
Th...
2024-05-141h 46
FLOSS WeeklyEpisode 781: Resistant to the Wrath of GodThis week Jonathan Bennett and Doc Searls sit down with Mathias Buus Madsen and Paolo Ardoino of Holepunch, to talk about the Pear Runtime and the Keet serverless peer-to-peer platform. What happens when you take the technology built for Bittorrent, and apply it to a messaging app? What else does that allow you to do? And what's the secret to keeping the service running even after the servers go down? You can join the conversation in the Hackaday Discord, where the show records live each week, as well as getting the full story and show links from Hac...
2024-05-011h 08
Bitcoin AudibleChat_092 - Second Coming of the P2P WebWe had an awesome chat on Twitter Spaces where we discuss the launch of Pear Runtime, bringing Paolo Arduino, Mathias Buus, David Markclem, Samson Mow, and Giacomo Zucco!
We dig into what this could mean for the future of application development, the impact it will have on the tech industry, how it could disrupt monetization models, how this could be used in gaming, journalism, social media, et al, the control it will shift back to the user, and about ushering in the second coming of the peer to peer web. This is a huge moment for P2...
2024-02-162h 13
Bitcoin AudibleChat_71 - Redesigning the Internet for Fun & for the Revolution, with Mathias Buus and Paolo ArdoinoFollowing up on the release of Keet.io and a simple to use, responsive, encrypted, & scalable P2P data sharing protocol in Holepunch, its network backend, we bring the CEO of Holepunch Mathias Buus, and the CSO of Holepunch and CTO of Bitfinex, Paolo Ardoino on the show to talk about what the long term vision of this project truly is. This isn't just a better video chat app, this is the first building block in a plan to rebuild the internet & potentially break down the walls of the internet's major platforms. Are they onto something, or is it a...
2022-08-091h 56
The Kevin Rooke ShowTLS59: Paolo Ardoino & Mathias Buus on Holepunch, Keet, Building P2P Apps, and Lightning AdoptionPaolo Ardoino and Mathias Buus are the co-founders of Holepunch, a fully encrypted platform for building peer-to-peer applications. Matthias is the CEO, who has been building P2P products for a decade, and Paolo is CSO, along with being the CTO at Tether.
In our talk, we spoke about what Holepunch is and how it works, how P2P apps can eliminate the costs and risks of relying on cloud data storage, we explored the apps developers could build on top of Holepunch, and the ways they could monetize their apps with Bitcoin or stablecoins on Lightning.
2022-07-261h 39
SustainEpisode 45: The Meaning of 'Tyranny of Openness' with Nathan Schneider
Sponsored by Linode
Panelists
Allen "Gunner" Gunn | Eric Berry | Justin Dorfman | Pia Mancini | Richard Littauer
Guest
Nathan Schneider
University of Colorado Boulder
Show Notes
Hello and welcome to Sustain! In this episode, we have special guest, Nathan Schneider, a Professor of Media Studies at CU Boulder. He also runs a new little outfit called Media Enterprise Design Lab. In today’s episode, Nathan will tell us what he does, how he got to where he is today, and he explains what he me...
2020-07-1737 min
KodsnackKodsnack 336 - Less like the web and more like Unix, with Paul FrazeeFredrik talks to Paul Frazee about Beaker browser and making the web more peer-to-peer rather than client-server. Beaker also aims to make it radically easier to create and publish your own content rather Paul explains what Beaker browser is and the technologies it builds on. The central piece of technology is the distributed file system Hyperdrive and the DAT protocol which provides a sort of file- and folder-based API for building applications and handling their data. Paul discusses the hard problems of Beaker and P2P networks - such as deciding when and how you as a...
2019-10-2957 min
Kodsnack in EnglishKodsnack 336 - Less like the web and more like Unix, with Paul FrazeeFredrik talks to Paul Frazee about Beaker browser and making the web more peer-to-peer rather than client-server. Beaker also aims to make it radically easier to create and publish your own content rather Paul explains what Beaker browser is and the technologies it builds on. The central piece of technology is the distributed file system Hyperdrive and the DAT protocol which provides a sort of file- and folder-based API for building applications and handling their data.
Paul discusses the hard problems of Beaker and P2P networks - such as deciding when and how you as a...
2019-10-2957 min
NoderscastE04: Torrent TV con Carlos GuerreroEpisodio 04
Nuestro invitado Carlos Guerrero – @guerrerocarlos, developer, consultor, DevOp e Ingeniero Electrónico, creador de Proxy DNS y TorrentTV.
En esta ocasión hablamos sobre la tecnología BitTorrent, y como ha sido utilizada a lo largo del tiempo para compartir información a gran escala, convirtiéndose así en un instrumento tanto del bien como del mal.
Por supuesto hablaremos de la experiencia que tuvo Carlos como creador de la aplicación TorrentTV, la cual permite reproducir videos contenidos en archivos torrents transmitiendo directamente a un ChromeCast y que además es de código ab...
2019-10-251h 17
JS Party: JavaScript, CSS, Web DevelopmentDecentralizing the web with BeakerFeross talks with Mathias Buus and Paul Frazee about the decentralized web, why the average person should care about decentralization of the web, the Beaker browser, Dat and the differences and similarities to BitTorrent, and how Paul and Mathias first got involved in this work.
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2018-09-071h 07
The Changelog: Software Development, Open SourceGitHub's Electron (Interview)Zeke Sikelianos joined the show to talk about GitHub’s Electron project and the future of web folks making cross platform desktop apps. We talked about the web revolution around native vs web app, where Electron is heading, who’s using it, and how cool it is to enable folks like Guillermo Rauch to build HyperTerm.
Join the discussionChangelog++ members support our work, get closer to the metal, and make the ads disappear. Join today!Featuring:Zeke Sikelianos – Website, GitHub, XAdam Stacoviak – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, XJerod Santo – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon...
2016-08-191h 24Changelog InterviewsGitHub's ElectronZeke Sikelianos joined the show to talk about GitHub’s Electron project and the future of web folks making cross platform desktop apps. We talked about the web revolution around native vs web app, where Electron is heading, who’s using it, and how cool it is to enable folks like Guillermo Rauch to build HyperTerm.
Join the discussionChangelog++ members support our work, get closer to the metal, and make the ads disappear. Join today!Featuring:Zeke Sikelianos – Website, GitHub, XAdam Stacoviak – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, XJerod Santo – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon...
2016-08-191h 24