https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MaidSafe is the latest contender, will be secure and fast with the potential to replace the "old internet" as we know it.
I was about to post it. All those that OP mentioned are basically, deprecated technologies compared to Maid. Like I said before since it was at 14K, it's overpriced now tho... it's way too new and the price will keep going down for a while, but it's definitely something to hold long term. 
Topic: Freenet, Winny, Share, Perfect Dark - foundation tech for bitcoin? (Read 1157 times)
March 27, 2015, 12:59:21 PM
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MaidSafe is the latest contender, will be secure and fast with the potential to replace the "old internet" as we know it.
March 27, 2015, 07:23:01 AM
Blast from the past with those networks 
March 27, 2015, 06:27:41 AM
I don't know about the others but I do have some experience with Freenet which I used back in the mid 2000s. You're right in saying that it's similar to Bitcoin. However, there is no real "blockchain" in Freenet. Instead, files are basically shredded up and it is these shreds that are distributed to different nodes in the network. No single node has ALL the files in the network but rather each file is stored across several different computers unlike the case of Bitcoin where an identical copy of the blockchain exists on every computer.
Another contemporary technology that inspired Bitcoin was BitTorrent and P2P file sharing networks in general (not only their decentralized data storage and file verification but also their "tit for tat" mechanism with rewarded those who contributed to the network).
Another contemporary technology that inspired Bitcoin was BitTorrent and P2P file sharing networks in general (not only their decentralized data storage and file verification but also their "tit for tat" mechanism with rewarded those who contributed to the network).
March 26, 2015, 09:57:05 PM
Hello,
Yesterday I stumbled upon some old P2P networks.
Freenet - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freenet
Winny - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winny
Share - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Share_(P2P)
Perfect Dark - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfect_Dark_(P2P)
After reading through I noticed how similar the above technologies are compared to bitcoin. (i'm not a dev)
They all use decentralized distributed data storage, nodes, forgery warning, encrypted cache which seems to be the blockchain, associated keys, hash for search and validation etc.
From my limited tech knowledge it seems the only major difference is that the bitcoin network has a "proof-of-work" trust system since it's money being transferred.
So in a way bitcoin has turned a shady "dark net" into something trust worthy. Quite brilliant.
what do you guys think?
Yesterday I stumbled upon some old P2P networks.
Freenet - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freenet
Winny - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winny
Share - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Share_(P2P)
Perfect Dark - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfect_Dark_(P2P)
After reading through I noticed how similar the above technologies are compared to bitcoin. (i'm not a dev)
They all use decentralized distributed data storage, nodes, forgery warning, encrypted cache which seems to be the blockchain, associated keys, hash for search and validation etc.
From my limited tech knowledge it seems the only major difference is that the bitcoin network has a "proof-of-work" trust system since it's money being transferred.
So in a way bitcoin has turned a shady "dark net" into something trust worthy. Quite brilliant.
what do you guys think?
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