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- <div style="float:left; padding: 10px"><img src="logo.png" style="max-width: 400px" /></div>
- <p><a href="https://matrix.org">Matrix</a> is an open protocol for secure, decentralised
- communication - defining an end-to-end-encrypted real-time communication layer
- for the open Web suitable for instant messaging, VoIP, microblogging, forums and
- more. We publish Matrix as an <a href="https://matrix.org/docs/spec">open standard</a> under
- the open governance of the non-profit <a href="https://matrix.org/foundation">Matrix.org Foundation</a>,
- and release Apache-licensed reference implementations of the protocol for server,
- client SDKs, bots, bridges & more. Some users may recognise Matrix via client
- apps such as Element (https://element.io, formerly Riot).</p>
-
- <p>Matrix works
- by replicating conversation history across servers which participate in a given
- conversation, ensuring that ownership of the conversation is fully decentralised:
- no single server owns or controls the conversation, just as git repositories are
- cloned equally between all participants. As a result, you can think of Matrix
- more like a global decentralised object database with realtime pubsub semantics,
- rather than a traditional message-passing protocol. The protocol defines HTTPS+JSON
- APIs as a baseline, but more efficient transports and encodings are supported
- and encouraged.</p>
-
- <p>The public Matrix network on the internet has over 26M
- addressable users spread over ~60K servers, ranging in size from personal RPis
- through to massive deployments for organisations including Mozilla, the Wikimedia
- Foundation, German schools in Schleswig-Holstein & Hamburg, and the entirety of
- the French Government.</p>
+ Matrix is an open protocol for secure, decentralised
+ communication: an end-to-end-encrypted real-time communication layer
+ for the open Web suitable for instant messaging, VoIP, forums and
+ more.
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+description: |
+ <div style="float:left; padding: 10px"><img src="logo.png" style="max-width: 400px" /></div>
+ <p><a href="https://matrix.org">Matrix</a> is an open protocol for secure, decentralised
+ communication - defining an end-to-end-encrypted real-time communication layer
+ for the open Web suitable for instant messaging, VoIP, microblogging, forums and
+ more. We publish Matrix as an <a href="https://matrix.org/docs/spec">open standard</a> under
+ the open governance of the non-profit <a href="https://matrix.org/foundation">Matrix.org Foundation</a>,
+ and release Apache-licensed reference implementations of the protocol for server,
+ client SDKs, bots, bridges & more. Some users may recognise Matrix via client
+ apps such as Element (https://element.io, formerly Riot).</p>
+
+ <p>Matrix works
+ by replicating conversation history across servers which participate in a given
+ conversation, ensuring that ownership of the conversation is fully decentralised:
+ no single server owns or controls the conversation, just as git repositories are
+ cloned equally between all participants. As a result, you can think of Matrix
+ more like a global decentralised object database with realtime pubsub semantics,
+ rather than a traditional message-passing protocol. The protocol defines HTTPS+JSON
+ APIs as a baseline, but more efficient transports and encodings are supported
+ and encouraged.</p>
+
+ <p>The public Matrix network on the internet has over 26M
+ addressable users spread over ~60K servers, ranging in size from personal RPis
+ through to massive deployments for organisations including Mozilla, the Wikimedia
+ Foundation, German schools in Schleswig-Holstein & Hamburg, and the entirety of
+ the French Government.</p>
+layout: stand
+logo: stands/matrix/logo.png
+new_this_year: |
+ <p>2020 was a busy year for Matrix.</p>
+ <ul>
+ <li>Mozilla turned off IRC and
+ migrated to Matrix in March: https://matrix.org/blog/2020/03/03/moznet-irc-is-dead-long-live-mozilla-matrix</li>
+ <li>After loads of testing, we finally turned on end-to-end encryption by default
+ for all private rooms in May: https://matrix.org/blog/2020/05/06/cross-signing-and-end-to-end-encryption-by-default-is-here</li>
+ <li>We finally fixed our performance problems on the overloaded matrix.org server
+ by horizontally sharding Synapse: https://matrix.org/blog/2020/11/03/how-we-fixed-synapses-scalability</li>
+ <li>We started to see more academic research emerging on Matrix, particularly analysing
+ the properties of state resolution (how we keep Matrix rooms securely replicated
+ in a byzantine fault tolerant manner): https://matrix.org/blog/2020/06/16/matrix-decomposition-an-independent-academic-analysis-of-matrix-state-resolution</li>
+ <li>Dendrite (our next-gen Golang Matrix server) entered beta in October, steadily
+ improving ever since: https://matrix.org/blog/2020/10/08/dendrite-is-entering-beta</li>
+ <li>Gitter joined Matrix in October, with native Matrix support launching in December:
+ https://matrix.org/blog/2020/12/07/gitter-now-speaks-matrix</li>
+ <li>We started working
+ on Decentralised Reputation as a mechanism for empowering users to filter out
+ abuse or other unwanted content in Matrix (thus *finally* catching up with our
+ FOSDEM 2017 talk on the subject: https://archive.fosdem.org/2017/schedule/event/matrix_future/):
+ https://matrix.org/blog/2020/10/19/combating-abuse-in-matrix-without-backdoors</li>
+ <li>We launched Cerulean, a wildly experimental proof-of-concept to experiment
+ with threads demonstrate the viability of twitter-style microblogging on Matrix
+ (including an initial implementation of decentralised reputation!): https://matrix.org/blog/2020/12/18/introducing-cerulean</li>
+ <li>We got the first messages flowing over Decentralised MLS (Messaging Layer Security),
+ giving logarithmic rather than linear complexity E2EE.</li>
+ </ul>
+ <p>In 2021, we plan
+ to add:</p>
+ <ul>
+ <li>Spaces - shareable hierarchies of rooms, effectively making Matrix
+ a decentralised hierarchical filesystem for realtime data!</li>
+ <li>Threads - full
+ support for free-form threaded conversations</li>
+ <li>Full Social Login (log in via
+ Github, Gitlab, or as wide a choice of SSO providers as you like)</li>
+ <li>Massively
+ improved VoIP</li>
+ <li>Voice messages, Location sharing, Custom emoji, Canonical
+ DMs...</li>
+ <li>...and reworking E2EE, again, to improve reliability and performance.</li>
+ </ul>
+showcase: |
+ <p>Matrix is an open protocol for secure decentralised communication, aiming
+ to bust open the closed proprietary communication silos (Slack, Teams, Discord,
+ WhatsApp etc) which have dominated in recent years. On our stand you'll be able
+ to sync via chat & video conference directly with the core Matrix team, get demos
+ of all the latest stuff we've been working on, and generally learn how to liberate
+ your communication and join the open Matrix communication network.</p>
+themes:
+- Office suites and productivity
+title: Matrix
+website: https://matrix.org
+chatroom: matrix
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