Every NodePulse node answers on a temporary tunnel address —
something like https://xxxxx.trycloudflare.com — that changes on
every restart. Drop that raw address in a blog post, a chat, or a bookmark and
it eventually breaks: the machine is still there, it is just answering on a
different URL now.
Share replaces the ephemeral part
with the node's permanent identity — its node_id — and looks it
up again, live, every single time the link is opened. The link you publish
never changes; the machine behind it can restart, move networks, or get a
brand new tunnel URL a hundred times, and the link still finds it, as long as
the node is online and part of the network.
1. Paste the node's current URL below (the full address, including the
path you want to share).
2. Share looks up which online node currently answers to that hostname.
3. You get back plexum.net/share.php?id=… — safe to
publish anywhere, forever.
4. Every visit re-resolves id against the live network and
forwards to wherever that node is reachable right now.
Nothing is uploaded or stored: the link only encodes a node ID and a path, and both are re-checked against the live network on every visit.