Freenet is a peer-to-peer platform for censorship-resistant communication
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Re: Freenet is a peer-to-peer platform for censorship-resistant communication
#2How is it better than I2P: https://geti2p.net?
Upd: found this: https://geti2p.net/en/comparison/freenet.
Re: Freenet is a peer-to-peer platform for censorship-resistant communication
#3How is it better than I2P: https://geti2p.net ? Upd: found this: https://geti2p.net/en/comparison/freenet .
Without getting into which are better for now, are these the only two options for this concept right now?
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#4Freenet generally has peers act as file stores. This presents some concerns people would have, but also presents an interesting question:
With the existence of crypto that requires large disk spaces to mine coins, could you abuse freenet for this goal?
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#5I wonder if Freenet is used for anything but super illegal stuff, and sheer curiosity?
This isn’t to say privacy and escaping the bottleneck of traditional internet isn’t compelling. But I’ve yet to see a use case for Freenet.
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#6How is it better than I2P: https://geti2p.net ? Upd: found this: https://geti2p.net/en/comparison/freenet .
how is it different to Tor project?
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#7How is it better than I2P: https://geti2p.net ? Upd: found this: https://geti2p.net/en/comparison/freenet .
They are different things. I2P is a transport layer, freenet is a (imo weird) combination of transport layer and distributed storage. So, running IRC over freenet (for instance) isn't a thing. Personally my take is that freenet is conceptually not as interesting as running bittorrent over i2p, but YMMV.
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#8How is it better than I2P: https://geti2p.net ? Upd: found this: https://geti2p.net/en/comparison/freenet .
Without getting into which are better for now, are these the only two options for this concept right now?
https://geti2p.net/en/comparison/other-networks
Also, Tor hidden services are somewhat close: https://geti2p.net/en/comparison/tor.
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#9I stay away from it because chunks of the data is hosted on your local machine, and it could potentially contain very unsavory data. Sure it's encrypted but try to explain that to your local law enforcement.