Peer-To-Peer Web Hosting

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
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.

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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[2] 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).

[1] "Peer-To-Peer File Sharing". Active Web Hosting. http://www.activewebhosting.com/faq/legal-p2p.html.

[3] "Maelstrom - The Official BitTorrent Blog". http://blog.bittorrent.com/?s=Maelstrom.

[4] Macbeth, Sam. "Dat P2P Protocol". Mozilla. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/dat-p2p-protocol/.

[5] "Blockstack". https://blockstack.org/.

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