ZeroNet – Decentralized websites using Bitcoin crypto and BitTorrent network
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Re: ZeroNet – Decentralized websites using Bitcoin crypto and BitTorrent network
#2While I like seeing that this uses relatively strong technologies like Tor, BitTorrent, and Bitcoin, does this beat Freenet for any use case?
Re: ZeroNet – Decentralized websites using Bitcoin crypto and BitTorrent network
#3While I like seeing that this uses relatively strong technologies like Tor, BitTorrent, and Bitcoin, does this beat Freenet for any use case?
Looks like very slick and easy to use. And there is play on it (https://torrentfreak.com/play-p2p-impossible-shutdown-160301... on hn top 10 at the moment)
Re: ZeroNet – Decentralized websites using Bitcoin crypto and BitTorrent network
#4While I like seeing that this uses relatively strong technologies like Tor, BitTorrent, and Bitcoin, does this beat Freenet for any use case?
Yes, it comes with a p2p SQL server and readable namecoin domains. Due to BitTorrent it's also much faster than Freenet. While it doesn't require Java it's still crossplatform.
Sites are essentially bitcoin addresses (public keys) with ownership and modification rights controlled by corresponding private key. The same crypto provides passwordless logins and authentication!
Since it supports Tor, users can also use it anonymously.
The system is impressively elegant.
Re: ZeroNet – Decentralized websites using Bitcoin crypto and BitTorrent network
#5While I like seeing that this uses relatively strong technologies like Tor, BitTorrent, and Bitcoin, does this beat Freenet for any use case?
Depends - it should win out for speed and ease of use. But anonymity, no, in order for a user to possess certain content, they have to download it explicitly and know they're sharing it. It's trivial to know who visits a given website and, for example, send DMCAs to all of them. Freenet prevents this in multiple ways - proxying your connections through others and using encryption to prevent those without the keys from reading the data or even knowing what it is. Freenet probably provides the best anonymity of any current network as it's done in such a way that once a file is on the network, there's just no way to trace it back to its source.
The people using Play on it might find themselves in some fun legal issues soon, depending on country.
You could use it over Tor I suppose - that's what the authors propose, but that seems less than optimal to me and doesn't even approach the sort of anonymity Freenet could.
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#6While I like seeing that this uses relatively strong technologies like Tor, BitTorrent, and Bitcoin, does this beat Freenet for any use case?
Yes, it comes with a p2p SQL server and readable namecoin domains. Due to BitTorrent it's also much faster than Freenet. While it doesn't require Java it's still crossplatform. Sites are essentially bitcoin addresses (public keys) with ownership and modification rights controlled by corresponding private key. The same crypto provides passwordless logins and authentication! Since it supports Tor, users can also use it…
it would be nice if the docs would mention how to get/set up those .bit domains.
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#7Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yes, it comes with a p2p SQL server and readable namecoin domains. Due to BitTorrent it's also much faster than Freenet. While it doesn't require Java it's still crossplatform. Sites are essentially bitcoin addresses (public keys) with ownership and modification rights controlled by corresponding private key. The same crypto provides passwordless logins and authentication! Since it supports Tor, users can also use it…
it would be nice if the docs would mention how to get/set up those .bit domains.
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#8What are ZeroNet's main advantages over IPFS?
Re: ZeroNet – Decentralized websites using Bitcoin crypto and BitTorrent network
#9What are ZeroNet's main advantages over IPFS?
ZeroNet makes it easy to serve dynamic content with its p2p SQL support.
Re: ZeroNet – Decentralized websites using Bitcoin crypto and BitTorrent network
#10Anyone interested in ZeroNet's architecture may want to take a look at their presentation: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1_2qK1IuOKJ51pgBvllZ9...