Peer-to-peer web hosting
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Peer-to-peer web hosting is using peer-to-peer networking to distribute access to webpages.[1] This is differentiated from the client–server model which involves the distribution of web data between dedicated web servers and user-end client computers. Peer-to-peer web hosting may also take the form of P2P web caches and content delivery networks.
Comparison
| Name | First release date | Anonymous | Fast | Per file edit rights | Per file read rights (P2P) | Offline compatible[lower-alpha 1] | FOSS implementation | Notes |
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| Freenet | 2000 | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Osiris | 2010 | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | |
| IPFS | 2014 | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Maelstrom | 2014 | No | Yes | ? | ? | ? | No | Project seems suspended since 2015[2] |
| ZeroNet | 2015 | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | DHT |
| Dat | 2013 | No | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | Sites can be viewed in Beaker Browser, or in Firefox using an experimental add-on.[3] |
| Blockstack[4] | 2015 | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | Uses the Stacks blockchain v1. |
See also
- WebRTC - a web standard for peer-to-peer communication between web browsers
- Freesite – a site on Freenet
- Cloud computing
- Decentralized computing
Notes
- ↑ Can the hosted web site be used (browsed) by the users even if the owner has shut down his node (the computer that hosted it first).
References
- ↑ "Peer-To-Peer File Sharing". Active Web Hosting. http://www.activewebhosting.com/faq/legal-p2p.html.
- ↑ "Maelstrom - The Official BitTorrent Blog". http://blog.bittorrent.com/?s=Maelstrom.
- ↑ Macbeth, Sam. "Dat P2P Protocol". Mozilla. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/dat-p2p-protocol/.
- ↑ "Blockstack". https://blockstack.org/.
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