Don’t record your social life on an append-only social network
The tech behind peer-to-peer (P2P) social networks such as Secure Scuttlebutt enforces permanency. Absolute permanency isn’t what you want in a social network.
P2P
Massively distributed peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing networks are awesome. Read all about them!
How a Hypercore P2P innovation could bring more privacy to IPFS
IPFS want’s to replace HTTPS as the web’s content delivery protocol. However, it can’t do that without improving on user privacy. Hypercore has the solution.
A privacy review of Tribler, the onion-routed BitTorrent app
An in-depth privacy and security review of Tribler, a more private BitTorrent client backed by an onion/layered encryption proxy relay network. Is it anonymous?
How to make Windows Update prioritize Delivery Optimization downloads
How to get Windows Delivery Optimization to download updates from PCs on your LAN network (or the internet). Reduce internet data/bandwidth usage with LAN P2P.
Brave adds support for IPFS distributed P2P websites
The Brave browser beta has added support for the InterPlanetary File System (IPFS), a peer-to-peer protocol alternative to the traditional centralized web server.
What happened to BitTorrent’s Project Maelstrom web browser?
In 2015, BitTorrent Inc introduced a P2P-revolution for website distribution. But it got side-tracked by investors ogling the “content” business along the way.
P2P apps’ connection amnesia makes them less fault-tolerant
Peer-to-peer apps forget the IP addresses it communicated with in the last session and rely on peer-discovery all the time. Caching can make them more robust.
Four P2P distribution tools for Git repositories compared
Comparing how P2P protocols like BitTorrent, Dat, and IPFS can help you distribute your Git repositories without depending on a central server.
Smarter reusable IPFS chunks from HTML documents
IPFS splits files into chunks. Smarter splitting points in HTML files can create more reusable/deduplicatd chunks with higher availability.
Copyright and the distributed peer-to-peer web
An investigation into the legal-side and international copyright law when publishing on distributed peer-to-peer internet alternatives.
The distributed web isn’t ready for Runet cutoff from the Internet
Russia to test disconnecting from the global Internet. Peer-to-peer distributed internet alternatives won’t survive after the Runet cutoff.
Well-Known URI vs DNS-SD for distributed web service-discovery
I compare the resilience of DNS Service-Discovery vs HTTPS Well-Known URIs when routing distributed internet traffic around censorship.
IPFS pinning services overcharge for duplicated objects
IPFS is a globally deduplicated file system. However, hosted pinning services bill you for the original file size rather than deduplicated size.
When does IPFS’ garbage collector clear the cache
Garbage collection in ipfs-go isn’t enabled by default. The cache can grow to fill all your storage. However, you won’t want to turn it on either.
DNSLink and IPNS availability survey
I surveyed millions of websites to discover which domains were set up with an DNSLink address for the IPFS peer-to-peer alternative to the internet.
Why we need the distributed web
The web has become too centralized. The distributed peer-to-peer (P2P) web can help tear down the walled gardens erected by big tech companies.
Set up a seedbox via distributed BitTorrent (DHT)
Ensure reliable and long-term content distribution over BitTorrent with a dedicated seedbox. All you need is a small server or a cloud VPS.
New browser extension: Trackerless Magnet URI
Opt for distributed trackerless BitTorrent downloads with this new browser extension that removes trackers from Magnet links.