SyncNet: BitTorrent Sync based decentralized peer-to-peer browser

Decentralized flock of starlings :)

Anonymity on the Web has always been an important point for many of us, and after the NSA scandal, this is almost the No. 1 problem for Web users. Now anonymous networks, not less anonymous peer-to-peer services began to appear in large numbers, and now a decentralized browser based on BitTorrent Sync has appeared . The idea behind this browser, SyncNet, is somewhat similar to the idea implemented in TOR.

So, SyncNet was developed based on the BitTorrent Sync service, a Dropbox-like service created last year by BitTorrent Inc. While the service is designed to synchronize folders and files on various devices, the browser is created with a slightly different purpose - storing and distributing HTML files, images, and other web content.
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Now this browser is able to work only with resources that are created by users of this software. That is, in order for the browser to open a resource, it should already be laid out by someone in the peer-to-peer network. Of course, the server for this kind of site is not required, all files are decentralized, as in the case of regular torrent files. At the same time, the system has protection for files of a similar site, so that the resource is protected from unauthorized intervention.

Of course, the system is still being developed, and it has a number of limitations.

Firstly, SyncNet only works with static content.

Secondly, when updating a resource, the browser has to load the entire site, not any updated page. Soon, the browser will be able to download only the changed content, and not the entire file size of the changed resource.

Thirdly, as mentioned above, you can only work with sites that are distributed on the network by the users themselves. A little later, the possibility of access to the external Internet, with the viewing of "external" sites and other advantages, will be improved.

But so far everything is like this. And yes, the developer will soon add plugins for Chrome and Firefox.

By the way, source codes are already laid out on GitHub .

Via jack.minardi