The PeerTube software can, whenever necessary, use a peer-to-peer protocol (P2P) to broadcast viral videos, <strong>lowering the load of their hosts.</strong>
In this way, when you watch a video, your computer contributes to its broadcast. If a lot of people are watching the same video at the same time, their browser automatically send smalls pieces of the video to the other viewers. <strong>The server resources are not over-exploited</strong>: the stream is split, the network optimized.
It might not look like it, but thanks to peer-to-peer broadcasting, popular video makers and their videos are no longer forced to be hosted by big companies, whose infrastructure can stand thousands of views at the same time... or to pay for a robust but extremely expensive independent video host.
More details on our plans can be found on the <a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://github.com/Chocobozzz/PeerTube/projects/6">PeerTube Github page</a>. Please note that these are the main features and developments. They can evolve due to circumstances, contributions, timings, etc. To be informed of any change, <a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://framalistes.org/sympa/subscribe/peertube-newsletter">subscribe to PeerTube newsletter</a>.
