ZeroNet: Decentralized websites using Bitcoin crypto and the BitTorrent network

Does anyone else see it as an issue that the decentralized website solution to databases is to create a copy of a SQLite database on every user's machine?

I'm following the developement of zeronet for the past 3 years. I'm not convinced that it is the final solution to the decentralized internet. A main thing that bothers me is the insane lookup-time for site with a low distribution. The same problem occurs with ipfs btw. It takes up to one minute to find a the correct node when only one node hast the content-hash.

Show HN: TorrentPeek – Distributed search engines using BitTorrent and SQLite | <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=14130280" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=14130280</a> (Apr 2017, 33 comments)<p><i>By putting an SQLite database file (.db) inside a torrent, we can query its content -- by prioritizing pieces based on the SQL query -- and quickly peek at the content of the database without downloading it entirely.</i>

Is the content I would host visible to me? How could I avoid to host child pornography? I&#x27;m eligible for hosting such a content im not aware of? That&#x27;s the questions I would like to get answered.

In related news, another similar technology (Blockstack):<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.scmp.com&#x2F;news&#x2F;hong-kong&#x2F;economy&#x2F;article&#x2F;2113521&#x2F;new-internet-looks-keep-user-data-away-tech-giants-and-bypass" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.scmp.com&#x2F;news&#x2F;hong-kong&#x2F;economy&#x2F;article&#x2F;2113521&#x2F;n...</a><p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;blockstack.org&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;blockstack.org&#x2F;</a>

Last time I used that project I was trying to migrate my wordpress to zeroNet and I failed because my wp-content&#x2F;images is over 3Gb and ZeroNet website is (was?) limited to 100Mb. Has this changed, are they tools that migrate images to separate addresses and link them correctly in html files?

Interest in decentralized web solutions seem to be on the rise. I wonder why and if they have any real world benefits for me as a publisher?<p>All the stated benefits are non-issues for me:<p>* Uncensored<p>I never been censored.<p>* No hosting costs<p>I serve hundreds of thousands of users per month for something like $20.<p>* Always accessible<p>Just like hosting costs, my downtime is negligible.

If you are interested in this, you might be interested in Archain (<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.archain.org&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.archain.org&#x2F;</a>) - a different solution to a decentralised sister internet.

I can bet my 0.1000 bitcoins that news headlines will pop up soon as follows: &quot;China bans ZeroNet&quot; :) Wait &amp; see...

I believe it is 100% feasible to create a decentralised, secure network for static content - i.e. static sites. Combined with powerful (and secure) client-side APIs we are on a good track to success. I am not sure what this is but I am sure going to give it a try.

Curious about using Tor for anonymity. Tor explicitly asks users not to use it for bittorrent for many reasons. So if I have a ZeroNet site serving a nice big video over bittorrent, does my visitors&#x27; using Tor for anonymity go against their best practices?

DHTs are not fast (or secure, but that’s another story).<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;thecedrus.com&#x2F;tag&#x2F;lovequotes" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;thecedrus.com&#x2F;tag&#x2F;lovequotes</a>

A distributed web site using a blockchain is what I&#x27;d proposed as a solution the the DCMA ad block debacle.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;blog.adguard.com&#x2F;en&#x2F;ad-blocking-is-under-attack&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;blog.adguard.com&#x2F;en&#x2F;ad-blocking-is-under-attack&#x2F;</a>

What happened to IPFS and Filecoin?

How do you account for content unavailability when a node shuts down&#x2F; runs slow?

I like how it&#x27;s an eye candy.<p>I guess there&#x27;s a lot of opaquenets already, and it&#x27;s not the feature richest, but this one you can have running in under five minutes.<p>I was actually using it for some torrents but currently ZeroTV is down :(

oh man, i hate those software that automatically try to guess the user language! even more annoying when it chooses the wrong language for you. in my case PT (Portugal) instead of PT-BR.<p>argh.

You should be investing in Namecoin if you believe in a decentralized web structure.

This is very similar to maidsafe. Except maidsafe pays you for hosting. Does this?

Why does ZeroNet not host their website on ZeroNet and uses a .bit domain?

How is this different than FreeNet?

Cool.

Is anyone else concerned that this will enable hate groups to more easily collaborate and grow?

I think substratum has a better approach: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;substratum.net&#x2F;technology&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;substratum.net&#x2F;technology&#x2F;</a>

All these blockchain&#x2F;decentralized projects remind me of my childhood. Everytime there was a new technology I built cool things just for the sake of doing something with this shiny new tech without actually having any real-world use case.