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[a]
FOSS implementation
Notes
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
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. Archived from the original on 19 February 2020. Retrieved 3 November 2013 .
^ "Maelstrom - The Official BitTorrent Blog". blog.bittorrent.com . Archived from the original on 2022-02-05. Retrieved 2017-01-09 .
^ Macbeth, Sam. "Dat P2P Protocol". Firefox Add-ons . Mozilla. Archived from the original on 17 October 2018. Retrieved 17 October 2018 .
^ "Blockstack". Blockstack.org . Archived from the original on 2021-01-14. Retrieved 2022-02-05 .