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ZeroNet - Decentralized websites using Bitcoin crypto and BitTorrent network

22 mentions on Hacker News by 17 people: 6 stories, 16 comments · first 2015-01-13 · latest 2025-08-19

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  1. yes it was https://github.com/HelloZeroNet https://github.com/HelloZeroNet/ZeroNet perhaps it was too good?
    comment by rolph · 2025-08-19 · in Porn censorship is going to destroy the internet
  2. …support for dynamic content and accounts. (Accounts are somewhat centralized last i checked) https://github.com/HelloZeroNet/ZeroNet The main/original author disappeared but there are somewhat maintained community forks.
    comment by beardog · 2023-05-31 · in Rarbg Is No More
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    Where did the ZeroNet creator go?
    story by wrinkl3 · 2021-08-09 · 2 comments
  4. …like a pretty well established and (dare I say) popular project! 13,742 stars as of this writing: https://github.com/HelloZeroNet/ZeroNet
    comment by freedomben · 2019-05-15 · in ZeroNet: Decentralized websites using Bitcoin cryptography, BitTorrent network
  5. …cooler projects apart from ArchiveBox.io: - https://github.com/webrecorder/pywb / webrecorder.io - https://github.com/HelloZeroNet/ZeroNet - https://github.com/oduwsdl/ipwb - https://getpolarized.io - https://github.com/internetarchive/broz…
    comment by nikisweeting · 2019-04-04 · in Why there’s so little left of the early internet
  6. Yup, that's the idea behind projects like https://github.com/HelloZeroNet/ZeroNet and https://github.com/oduwsdl/ipwb .
    comment by nikisweeting · 2019-04-04 · in Why there’s so little left of the early internet
  7. …to decentralize the Internet. It's not very popular but surprisingly it has 11.5k stars on GitHub ( https://github.com/HelloZeroNet/ZeroNet ).
    comment by Method-X · 2018-03-23 · in Craigslist takes personals sections offline in response to FOSTA
  8. I think you could easily start with forks of ZeroNet (distributed TOR hosting): https://zeronet.io https://github.com/HelloZeroNet/ZeroNet and either: SecureDrop: https://securedrop.org https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop or…
    comment by bhcc · 2017-07-25 · in Ask HN: Would anyone be interested in a darknet dropbox type thing?
  9. …test against future versions, to check for breakage or okays. Out of date becomes inevitable. [0] https://github.com/HelloZeroNet/ZeroNet/tree/master/src/lib
    comment by shakna · 2017-04-07 · in ZeroNet – Uncensorable websites using Bitcoin crypto and BitTorrent network
  10. …a fairly vanilla config. So yes, leaks or attacks via bittorrent are actually an issue here. [0] https://github.com/HelloZeroNet/ZeroNet/blob/master/src/Tor/...
    comment by shakna · 2017-04-05 · in ZeroNet – Uncensorable websites using Bitcoin crypto and BitTorrent network
  11. …hard. People have tried to help improve quality and testing rigour, but they get turned away. [0] https://github.com/HelloZeroNet/ZeroNet/issues/830
    comment by shakna · 2017-04-05 · in ZeroNet – Uncensorable websites using Bitcoin crypto and BitTorrent network
  12. …end up browsing stale versions of the site. Still an issue as of before Christmas last year. [0] https://github.com/HelloZeroNet/ZeroNet/issues/598
    comment by shakna · 2017-04-05 · in ZeroNet – Uncensorable websites using Bitcoin crypto and BitTorrent network
  13. …ps://github.com/sybrenstuvel/python-rsa/issues/19 [1] https://github.com/etingof/pyasn1/issues/20 [3] https://github.com/HelloZeroNet/ZeroNet/issues/830 [4] https://github.com/HelloZeroNet/ZeroNet/issues/796 [5]…
    comment by shakna · 2017-04-05 · in ZeroNet – Uncensorable websites using Bitcoin crypto and BitTorrent network
  14. …box (a few extra modules are required). Official website: https://zeronet.io/ Github repository: https://github.com/HelloZeroNet/ZeroNet
    comment by kseistrup · 2016-08-23 · in How to Have a Darknet Site Gratis
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    ZeroNet – Decentralized websites using Bitcoin crypto and BitTorrent network
    story by edward · 2016-06-08 · 1 comment
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    ZeroNet – Decentralized websites using Bitcoin crypto and BitTorrent network
    story by Syrup-tan · 2016-03-02 · 25 comments
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    ZeroNet – Decentralized websites using Bitcoin crypto and BitTorrent network
    story by ubanholzer · 2015-05-26 · 0 comments
  18. ZeroNet is quite similar to this (but runs as a seperate program): https://github.com/HelloZeroNet/ZeroNet
    comment by Nutomic · 2015-05-12 · in Show HN: This page exists only if someone is looking at it
  19. Similar project, but OpenSource and works on any OS/Browser: https://github.com/HelloZeroNet/ZeroNet (Decentralized websites using Bitcoin crypto + the BitTorrent network)
    comment by shortcut · 2015-04-11 · in BitTorrent's Maelstrom browser enters open beta
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    ZeroNet – Decentralized websites using Bitcoin and BitTorrent
    story by matlads · 2015-03-24 · 2 comments
  21. Thanks for the pointer to zeronet, https://github.com/HelloZeroNet/ZeroNet
    comment by walterbell · 2015-01-19 · in Project Gutenberg bans anonymisers, proxies, VPNs and Tor
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    ZeroNet: Decentralized websites using Bitcoin crypto and BitTorrent network
    story by alexmat · 2015-01-13 · 1 comment