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Re: Show HN: Decentralized, Mutable, Serverless Torrent Swarm Websites

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Post by publiush »

anchpop wrote: post #36
publiush wrote: post #25

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There's a dilemma as the magnet links/hashes aren't easily shareable. One option is to create a DMT directory, but this would be centralized. Handshake is the most mature decentralized domain name project, and I opted for it. It uses coins to limit abuse, since anyone can flood a decentralized system. You don't need coins to browse and use federalist. That said, if there are any other immutable DNS systems that aren'…

There’s ENS, which seems on sturdier footing than Handshake to me, but the gas on ethereum is ridiculous

Isn't Ethereum moving to Proof of Stake though?

Re: Show HN: Decentralized, Mutable, Serverless Torrent Swarm Websites

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betwixthewires wrote: post #54

Bravo dude! Absolutely phenomenal work. I'm going to star this and attempt to tinker with it in a few days. I love seeing stuff like this get built, IMO the more interesting tools like this get built the better the world becomes.

Thank you so much!

Re: Show HN: Decentralized, Mutable, Serverless Torrent Swarm Websites

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Post by lachstar-x »

publiush wrote: post #22
oscargrouch wrote: post #15

This is cool. I'm also working on a decentralized distribution mechanism based on torrents, and while i've being working on a different architecture, the network mechanism are basically the same with a couple of differences on the network level. In my case i'm working on a very customized version of chrome where the web api is actually available for native applications beyond Javascript.

That sounds interesting! I would love to hear more!

Have you considered routing through or utilizing the Session network as well? It's an improved version of Tor and you could possibly build this into a dApp on the Oxen network (oxen.io)

Re: Show HN: Decentralized, Mutable, Serverless Torrent Swarm Websites

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Post by publiush »

dane-pgp wrote: post #64

This looks like a great project, thank you. One aspect of censorship resistance is the ability for people to publish and read content anonymously (or pseudonymously). Could you add something to the README about that threat model? Also, I see that your IRC channel is hosted on Freenode. That seems an odd choice for a project that is opposed to censorship. Please consider a network with a better track record in that re…

Thank you!

It doesn't actually allow you to publish and read anonymously without Tor or a VPN, but I will definitely recommend using both of those on the README. I do want to be careful about what is and isn't claimed, as I believe the world has become a bit dissatisfied with overclaims from decentralization projects lately.

I don't think I've come to the same conclusion about freenode (https://news.itsfoss.com/freenode-controversy/), and IRC is only decentralized if there isn't just one network anyway. I also don't think this is the right forum for this anyhow! You're definitely free to setup the same channel (#scarywater) on another network, and I'd be happy to be present there as well!

Re: Show HN: Decentralized, Mutable, Serverless Torrent Swarm Websites

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Post by publiush »

throwaway41597 wrote: post #59
publiush wrote: post #34

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BitTorrent works on I2P so I believe this should as well but I haven't tried.

Hi, thank you for this! Is it wrong to say that without going through a privacy layer like I2P, you'd publicly link your IP to the decentralized websites you visit?

That is correct without I2P, Tor or a VPN.

Re: Show HN: Decentralized, Mutable, Serverless Torrent Swarm Websites

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Post by rglullis »

publiush wrote: post #71
anchpop wrote: post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There’s ENS, which seems on sturdier footing than Handshake to me, but the gas on ethereum is ridiculous

Isn't Ethereum moving to Proof of Stake though?

Yes, but PoS will not solve the problem of gas fees. Gas fees only come down when network capacity is higher than its demand.

Layer-2 systems (which allow some of the operations to happen off-chain) is how Ethereum developers are trying to scale the network capacity.

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