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FAQ: remove 'Why don't you use websockets' todo

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... since we already have an answer that answers it
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@ -520,7 +520,7 @@ Privacy of metadata is not currently protected from server administrators - a ma
Rather than relying on Certificate Authorities (CAs) as in traditional SSL, a [Perspectives](https://perspectives-project.org/)-style system uses a more decentralized model for verifying keys. Perspectives uses notary servers to verify that the same key is seen across the network, making a man-in-the-middle attack much harder since an attacker must insert itself into multiple places. For federation in Matrix, each Home Server acts as a notary. When one Home Server connects to another Home Server that uses a key that it doesn't recognize, it contacts other Home Servers to ensure that they all see the same key from that Home Server.
##### Why HTTP? Doesn't HTTP suck?
##### Why HTTP? Doesn't HTTP suck? Why don't you use websockets/CoAP/HTTP2/etc?
HTTP is indeed not the most efficient transport, but it is ubiquitous, very well understood and has numerous implementations on almost every platform and language. It also has a simple upgrade path to HTTP/2, which is relatively bandwidth and round-trip efficient.
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* What's on the roadmap?
* How can I use Matrix to talk on Freenode or other IRC networks?
* Where can I learn more about Matrix? (link to PDFs of other presentations etc)
* Why don't you use websockets?
* Why is synapse so resource intensive immediately after federating for the first time?
* \[your question goes here...\]