WebGC: Browser-Based Gossiping [Live Demo/Poster]

The advent of browser-to-browser communication technologies like WebRTC has renewed interest in the peer-to-peer communication model. However, the available WebRTC code base still lacks im-portant components at the basis of several peer-to-peer solutions. We tackle this problem by proposing WebGC, a library for gossip-based communication between web browsers. Due to their inher-ent scalability, gossip-based, or epidemic protocols constitute a key component of a large number of decentralized applications. We-bGC thus represents an important step towards their wider spread.