P2P News - Pears

Interview with the creator of WhereFam: Decentralized Location Sharing That Puts Privacy First

WhereFam is a secure, real-time location-sharing app that uses peer-to-peer (P2P) technology to enable private, scalable communication—without relying on centralized servers. Built with Pear Runtime, the app allows users to share their live location directly with trusted contacts, maintaining full control over who sees what, and for how long.

Interview with the creators of P2P Chess

Playing traditional offline games using peer-to-peer technology highlights the essence of direct connection that Pear Runtime offers. In the offline world you play games directly with friends – face-to-face in real time. When these games were brought online you can still play one-on-one, but a centralized server has been inserted between you and your friend, and your actions and data travel across the internet to servers far away that have nothing to do with you and your friend. So even if you are playing in different rooms in the same house, you need to access a far-away server.

Interview with the creators of Hypersketch: A collaborative P2P whiteboard built entirely on Pear Runtime

Collaboration is a quintessential peer-to-peer activity—no intermediary is needed to facilitate joint creativity. So when two or more people want to work together on a visual creation or a joint brainstorming session, this pure connection does not need to be interrupted by centralized servers and latency.

Introducing Bare: Actually run Javascript Everywhere

The Holepunch team has introduced Bare, a groundbreaking minimal JavaScript runtime designed for both desktop and mobile. Built to be fast, modular, and efficient, Bare revisits the original vision of Node.js by embracing modularity and universal compatibility.

Interview with Jose Landabaso, creator of Rewind Bitcoin: A Wallet that reverts theft & extortion.

What if you could protect your Bitcoin from theft—even if someone had your private keys? José Luis Landabaso, creator of Rewind Bitcoin, set out to solve this challenge with time-based vaults and peer-to-peer backups, powered by Pear Runtime.

Building Apocalypse-Proof Applications with Pear Runtime

In an age where centralized systems dominate and the specter of data breaches, censorship, and single points of failure looms large, Pear Runtime is carving out a revolutionary path toward decentralization. Modern digital landscapes are plagued by escalating cyberattacks, privacy breaches, and increasing AI monopolization. These challenges highlight the pressing need for a shift away from server-dependent infrastructures. Enter Pear Runtime, an open-source, peer-to-peer protocol poised to transform app development by eliminating server dependencies and ensuring data sovereignty.

Pears.com to participate in the third annual Plan₿ Forum

Forum Brings Together Key Players to Envision the Future of Finance, Technology & Freedom of Speech

Interview with Suryaansh Singh, the creator of Holesail.io

Suryaansh Singh shares his journey from a 7th-grade coding passion to creating Holesail, a peer-to-peer networking app, and discusses its potential to replace traditional DNS and port forwarding systems, emphasizing a secure, decentralized future.

Holepunch unveils groundbreaking open-source peer-to-peer app development platform: Pear Runtime

Launch Enables Anyone, Anywhere to Create Cost-Efficient, Scalable and Secure Apps with Zero Server Infrastructure Costs Forever

Visit www.pears.com to Explore Pear Runtime’s Open-Source Code