Po.et Node 2.0 Beta Release

The Po.et team is excited to announce the release of the first beta version of Po.et Node 2.0. Node 2.0 is the core component of the Po.et protocol, which uses the Bitcoin blockchain to track ownership of various forms of digital content.

The Po.et protocol is built on:

The Bitcoin Blockchain, which is used to store the hash of works for Proof of Existence and discovery across Po.et Nodes
Interplanetary File System (IPFS), a distributed, peer-to-peer file system, used to store and retrieve the full content of works
Initially, we planned to create several individual components to implement the functionality of the Po.et Node. However, after further evaluation we concluded that this approach would lead to an overly complex software stack that would make the Po.et protocol more difficult to understand for third-party developers who we want to help build decentralized applications on top of it. Thus in November 2017, we announced plans to build Node 2.0, which combines all of Node’s functionality into a single application.

How to Test Node 2.0 Beta?

"We released the beta version of Po.et Node 2.0 in late December 2017. The code is available on GitHub for anyone to download and run. We hope you’ll give Node 2.0 a try and share your feedback with us"