ZeroNet Is a Promising Step Toward the Decentralized Web
The first Decentralized Web Summit in June 2016, led by Berners-Lee and Internet Archive founder Brewster Kahle, wanted to kickstart “a new phase for the web” based on next-generation decentralized systems inspired by the P2P technology that powers file-sharing networks, and the blockchain technology that powers crypto-currencies.
The Decentralized Web Summit website has the videos of all 2016 talks. Unfortunately, no second summit has been announced yet. Many projects seem dead, but some, like ZeroNet, are under active development and seem promising.
I have been following ZeroNet for some time and interviewed ZeroNet developer Tamas Kocsis last year. Researching the prospects for a fully decentralized internet two weeks ago, I was very pleased to find out that the ZeroNet project is progressing, so I interviewed Tamas again.
Read interview question here
https://cryptoinsider.com/zeronet-promising-step-toward-decentralized-web/
Let’s support ZeroNet!
I am especially happy to see that Tamas is funded and has all the time to dedicate to ZeroNet. What’s the best thing that enthusiastic followers (I am one) can do to support ZeroNet? Tamas advice is:
“I think the best you can do right now is take a look at ZeroNet to see and get a better understanding of how decentralized p2p webpages work.”
In fact, I recommend crypto enthusiasts to download and install ZeroNet for Windows, Mac or Linux (it really takes less than one minute), start using it, browse the growing list of ZeroNet sites, and interact with the community. ZeroNet supports Tor for enhanced privacy, and allows creators to monetize decentralized web sites with bitcoin micropayments.
Of all the decentralized web prototypes that I have seen so far, ZeroNet seems especially promising. Of course, ZeroNet still has a long way to go before taking realizing its full potential: the current release is 0.5.5, still far from 1.0. It works… but sometimes it doesn’t. But if a critical mass of early adopters use ZeroNet and create compelling decentralized sites and services, we’ll get to the decentralized web faster
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