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My field of interest is censorship resistant systems. Systems like ZeroNet[1] are quite fascinating and are quickly becoming popular and used. Essentially they'
by sktrdie 10y ago
My field of interest is censorship resistant systems. Systems like ZeroNet[1] are quite fascinating and are quickly becoming popular and used. Essentially they're decentralized via the bittorrent network. One cool thing that it brings to the table is the idea of having users modify a website (similar to how your comment modifies this page) - which is a hard problem in a decentralized system. They have come up with an interesting way for users to do this using trusted third-party certifying systems which are still totally decentralized (because users can switch to others when they see fit).
1. https://zeronet.io/ https://zeronet.io/
- shakna 10y agoI'd take ZeroNet with a grain of salt. I helped with it for a little while, but the main developer was resistant to: * Using a package manager or bundling dependencies into a compressed form. Dependencies had to be in the same git repo, fully extracted. (A bit of a "code smell") * Dependencies could take months to get security updates. * Documentation couldn't be in the git repo. * Python 3 was "not an option" Also: * The main developer has limited experience with the torrent protocol. It is an interesting project: but it is not a private or secure one.