## Vocabulary
- - **Fediverse:** several servers following each others
- - **Instance:** a server which runs PeerTube in the fediverse
- - **Origin instance:** the instance on which the video was uploaded and which is seeding (WebSeed protocol) the video
- - **Following:** the action of a PeerTube instance which will follow another instance (subscribe to its videos)
+ - **Fediverse:** several servers following one another, several users
+ following each other. Designates federated communities in general.
+ - **Vidiverse:** same as Fediverse, but federating videos specifically.
+ - **Instance:** a server which runs PeerTube in the fediverse.
+ - **Origin instance:** the instance on which the video was uploaded and which
+ is seeding (through the WebSeed protocol) the video.
+ - **Cache instance:** an instance that decided to make available a WebSeed
+ of its own for a video originating from another instance. It sends a `ptCache`
+ activity to notify the origin instance, which will then update its list of
+ WebSeeds for the video.
+ - **Following:** the action of a PeerTube instance which will follow another
+ instance (subscribe to its videos).
## Base
### Communications
- * All the communications between the instances are signed with [Linked Data Signatures](https://w3c-dvcg.github.io/ld-signatures/) with the private key of the account that made the action
- * We use the [ActivityPub](https://www.w3.org/TR/activitypub/) protocol (only server-server for now). Object models could be found in [shared/models/activitypub directory](https://github.com/Chocobozzz/PeerTube/tree/develop/shared/models/activitypub).
- * All the requests are retried several times if they fail
- * The maximum of points would be defined
+ * All the communication between the instances are signed with [Linked Data
+ Signatures](https://w3c-dvcg.github.io/ld-signatures/) with the private key
+ of the account that authored the action.
+ * We use the [ActivityPub](https://www.w3.org/TR/activitypub/) protocol (only
+ server-server for now). Object models could be found in
+ [shared/models/activitypub
+ directory](/shared/models/activitypub).
+ * All the requests are retried several times if they fail.
### Instance
- * An instance has a websocket tracker which is responsible for all the video uploaded in it
- * An instance has an administrator that can follow other instances
- * An instance can be configured to follow back automatically
- * An instance can blacklist other instances (only used in "follow back" mode)
- * An instance cannot choose which other instance follow it, but it can decide to **reject all** followers
- * After having uploaded a video, the instance seeds it (WebSeed protocol)
- * If a user wants to watch a video, he asks its instance the magnet URI and the frontend adds the torrent (with WebTorrent), creates the HTML5 video player and streams the file into it
- * A user watching a video seeds it too (BitTorrent) so another user who is watching the same video can get the data from the origin server and the user 1 (etc)
+ * An instance has a websocket tracker which is responsible for all videos
+ uploaded by its users.
+ * An instance has an administrator that can follow other instances.
+ * An instance can be configured to follow back automatically.
+ * An instance can blacklist other instances (only used in "follow back"
+ mode).
+ * An instance cannot choose which other instances follow it, but it can
+ decide to **reject all** followers.
+ * After having uploaded a video, the instance seeds it (WebSeed protocol).
+ * If a user wants to watch a video, they ask its instance the magnet URI and
+ the frontend adds the torrent (with WebTorrent), creates the HTML5 video
+ player and streams the file into it.
+ * A user watching a video seeds it too (BitTorrent). Thus another user who is
+ watching the same video can get the data from the origin server and other
+ users watching it.
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