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Has anyone tested Dat and also knows ZeroNet and IPFS? How do they compare? Dat seems very similar to ZeroNet.

• johnhenry 10y ago
  I've tried all three. Quick and dirty differences: ZeroNet is for sharing websites by public key -- meaning the data the public key points to is mutable by the whoever possesses the private key. Dat is for storing generic content (which may or not be a website) by public key. IPFS is for storing generic content by hash -- meaning that the data the address points to is immutable. You should also be aware of IPNS, a public key system from the makers of IPFS, thought I'm more of a fan of Dat than anything else.
• shakna 10y ago
  I can chime in with a different perspective here - code quality. I helped out ZeroNet for a while. I even ran a bridge for public access without ZeroNet for a while. The main task I was undertaking was bringing in testing. There were large problems. The main developer refused to use pip for dependencies, a misunderstanding that it requires admin privileges. So instead, the dependencies were half a list that the user must install, and half lived inside the git repo. I suggested git submodules but it was shot down as inconvenient for manual testing. I countered that the dependencies were increasingly out of date, including some critical security issues - and was told to go find another project. On the other hand, IPFS has been incredibly professional, really on top with critical security bugs. Beaker has been a rather pleasant experience when patching any holes that appear.
  • bigiain 10y ago
    "I countered that the dependencies were increasingly out of date, including some critical security issues - and was told to go find another project." Classy... Note to self to never consider that project.
  • anentropic 10y ago
    So... it's developed by someone who doesn't know how to do Python :(