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As the name suggests, it relies on [peer-to-peer connections][4] to operate the video hosting services. + +You can also choose to self-host your instance and also have access to videos from other instances (a federated network, just like [Mastodon][5]). + +It is being actively developed for a few years now. And, to take it up a notch, they have decided to launch a crowdfunding campaign for the next major release. + +The funding campaign will help them develop v3.0 of PeerTube with some amazing key features planned for the release this fall. + +![PeerTube Instance Example][6] + +### PeerTube: Brief Overview + +In addition to what I just mentioned above, PeerTube is a fully-functional peer to peer video platform. The best thing about it is — it’s open-source and free. So, you can check them out on [GitHub][7] if you want. + +You can watch their official video here: + +**Note:** You need to be cautious about your IP address if you have concerns about that on PeerTube (try using one of the [best VPNs available][8]). + +### PeerTube’s Crowdfunding Campaign For v3 Launch + +You’ll be excited to know that the crowdfunding campaign of **€60,000** already managed to **get 10,000 Euros on Day 1** (at the time of writing this). + +Now, coming to the details. The campaign aims to focus on gathering **funds for the next 6 months of development for a v3 release planned for November 2020.** It looks like a lot of work for a single full-time developer — but no matter whether they reach the funding goal, they intend to release the v3 with the existing funds they have. + +In their [announcement post][9], PeerTube team mentioned: + +> We feel like we need to develop it, that we have to. Imposing a condition stating « if we do not get our 60,000€, then there will not be a v3 » here, would be a lie, marketing manipulation : this is not the kind of relation we want to maintain with you. + +Next, let’s talk about the new features they’ve planned to introduced in the next 6 months: + + * Upon reaching the **€10,000 goal,** they plan to work on introducing a globalized video index to make it easier to search for videos across multiple instances. + * With **€**20,000 goal, PeerTube will dedicate one month on improving the moderation tools to make the best out of it. + * With 40,000 goal, they would work on the UX/UI of playlists. So, it will look better when you try to embed a playlist. In addition to this, the plugin system will be improved to make it easier to contribute to PeerTube’s code. + * With the end of the campaign reaching 60,000 goal, PeerTube’s live-streaming feature will be introduced. + + + +You can also find the details of their [roadmap on their site][10]. + +### Wrapping Up + +The ability to have a global inter-connected video index among multiple instances is something that was needed and it will also allow you to configure your own index. + +The content moderation tool improvement is also a huge deal because it’s not that easy to manage a decentralized network of video hosting services. While they aim to prevent censorship, a strict moderation is required to make PeerTube a comfortable place to watch videos. + +Even though I’m not sure about how useful PeerTube’s live-streaming feature will be, at launch. It is going to be something exciting to keep an eye out for. + +We at It’s FOSS made a token donation of 25 Euro. I would also encourage you to donate and help this open source achieve their financial goal for version 3 development. + +[Support PeerTube][11] + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +via: https://itsfoss.com/peertube-v3-campaign/ + +作者:[Ankush Das][a] +选题:[lujun9972][b] +译者:[译者ID](https://github.com/译者ID) +校对:[校对者ID](https://github.com/校对者ID) + +本文由 [LCTT](https://github.com/LCTT/TranslateProject) 原创编译,[Linux中国](https://linux.cn/) 荣誉推出 + +[a]: https://itsfoss.com/author/ankush/ +[b]: https://github.com/lujun9972 +[1]: https://joinpeertube.org +[2]: https://framasoft.org/en/ +[3]: https://itsfoss.com/lbry/ +[4]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peer-to-peer +[5]: https://itsfoss.com/mastodon-open-source-alternative-twitter/ +[6]: https://i0.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/peertube-instance-screenshot.jpg?ssl=1 +[7]: https://github.com/Chocobozzz/PeerTube +[8]: https://itsfoss.com/best-vpn-linux/ +[9]: https://framablog.org/2020/05/26/our-plans-for-peertube-v3-progressive-fundraising-live-streaming-coming-next-fall/ +[10]: https://joinpeertube.org/roadmap +[11]: https://joinpeertube.org/roadmap#support