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by bmgxyz 2328 days ago
There was a project I stumbled upon over a year ago that implemented a P2P Web, but I can't seem to dig it up now. There was a client that mediated the connection between your machine and the network, and you'd just browse the web normally by pointing your browser at localhost:someport. It was kind of neat, since everyone who visited a resource could act as the server for somebody else, but it looked to me like it was pretty much only used by Chinese dissidents. Good for them, I say, but not so useful for someone casually looking for a better version of the existing Web. I think until technologies like this are better than the Web for ordinary use, not just hiding from authorities for whatever reason, they'll only find use in those areas.

Of course, there's always IPFS, but that project comes with its own issues (e.g. modifying content).

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Were you thinking of i2p? I believe it's a similar project that I've always intended to look into, but never actually have.
Check out Beaker Browser!
That looks neat. I'll put it on my list of things to play with eventually.
Zeronet?
Indeed, it was Zeronet. Thank you for reminding me!