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ZeroNet – Uncensorable websites using Bitcoin crypto and BitTorrent network

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Re: ZeroNet – Uncensorable websites using Bitcoin crypto and BitTorrent network

#11
A little known fact: the Namecoin blockchain's cost-adjusted hashrate [1] is the third highest in the world, after Bitcoin and Ethereum, making it unusually secure given its relative obscurity (e.g. its market capitalisation is only $10 million).

[1] hashrates can't be compared directly due to different hashing algorithms having different costs for producing a hash.

Re: ZeroNet – Uncensorable websites using Bitcoin crypto and BitTorrent network

#13
The project looks very promising but relies on running a lot of javascript from untraceable sources in the browser.

Given the long history of vulnerabilities in the the browsers, trusting js from a well-known website might be OK, trusting js from zeronet is unreasonable.

If ZeroNet could run with js code generated only by the local daemon or without js it would be brilliant.

Re: ZeroNet – Uncensorable websites using Bitcoin crypto and BitTorrent network

#14
post #9

The zeronet.io is hosted on vultr.com. Why don't they use zeronet to deliver its own website?

Because that would require everyone to have the zeronet client installed before they can go to the zeronet website to download the client...

Re: ZeroNet – Uncensorable websites using Bitcoin crypto and BitTorrent network

#17
post #12
post #9

The zeronet.io is hosted on vultr.com. Why don't they use zeronet to deliver its own website?

Like bittorrent, zeronet requires a client. The client acts as local server and displays the pages in your browser

That explains it, thank you.

Re: ZeroNet – Uncensorable websites using Bitcoin crypto and BitTorrent network

#18
post #15
post #8

I always wondered why you couldn't just download a torrent of torrents for the month.

It would be interesting to create a distributed catalog of torrents itself.

Maybe I'm not picking up what you're putting down, but how does this differ from DHT?

Re: ZeroNet – Uncensorable websites using Bitcoin crypto and BitTorrent network

#20

As for uncensorable, if the content is illegal, the torrent peers may be incriminated distribution of illegal content

Neither argument has been tested, but the defense would that you were acting as an ISP with dumb pipes.

Which logically leads to an unrelated question -- if ISPs are doing DPI on every packet, they at least theoretically 'know' whether you're transmitting 'illegal' content. If I were a rights holder, I'd be making that argument against ISPs. I don't know how I'd sleep at night, maybe, but I wouldn't let ISPs have their cake (valuable user data) and eat it too (immunity based on status as ISP-only).

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