The only ipfs component it uses is libp2p, right?
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So we decided to abandon our custom network to start Berty V2 from scratch based on a full IPFS node [...].
Wat, that would be insane battery usage. They would have had this problem anyways, just because they do p2p messaging, a c2s model is way better for battery life. But going with a full ipfs node?? Whyyy, what purpose does it have? Content-addressable storage isn't really any use to them, right? Do they want to integrate filecoin?
berty uses gomobile-ipfs, which is a version of libp2p adapted to run on mobile, therefore much more efficient, but also less capabilities iirc; gomobile-ipfs is rather efficient in my experience, i run two apps that use it and don't notice any unusual battery drain
the reason to run a full ipfs node is in order to pin(upload)/download content to ipfs, you have to run one if you want to do that; you can sort of get around it by using the ipfs-http-api, but that defeats the purpose of using ipfs, as utilising the http gateways makes the entire thing censorable and centralised
Interesting. Maybe I am underestimating the capabilities of modern smartphones. But libp2p has to keep a connection at all times in the background, right? For connectivity?