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Hyphanet (formerly known as Freenet) is a peer-to-peer platform designed for censorship-resistant and privacy-respecting publishing and communication. Here are some key points about Hyphanet:
Privacy and Freedom: Hyphanet ensures true freedom of communication over the Internet. It allows anybody to publish and read information with complete anonymity.
Decentralized Data Store: Hyphanet uses a decentralized distributed data store to keep and deliver information. This means that data is not stored on central servers, making it resistant to censorship.
Features:
Publishing: Hyphanet makes it easy to publish content with strong privacy protections. You can host your own website, create microblogs, forums, and share media files.
Friend-to-Friend Network: For maximum privacy, you can connect to your friends and build a friend-to-friend network independent of centralized servers.
Global Opennet: You can join the global Opennet to access the broader network.
Secret Identities: Create secret identities to speak more freely.
Websites: Browse sites on various topics and publish your own.
Forums: Ask questions and exchange ideas.
Platform: Use decentralized applications built on the Hyphanet platform or create your own.
Name Change: In mid-2023, Freenet was renamed to Hyphanet. The project continues development under this new name.
For more information, you can visit the official Hyphanet website1. Hyphanet empowers users to reclaim their privacy and communicate freely in an increasingly connected world. 🌐🔒
Hyphanet (formerly known as Freenet) is a peer-to-peer platform designed for censorship-resistant and privacy-respecting publishing and communication. Here are some key points about Hyphanet:
1. Privacy and Freedom: Hyphanet ensures true freedom of communication over the Internet. It allows anybody to publish and read information with complete anonymity.
2. Decentralized Data Store: Hyphanet uses a decentralized distributed data store to keep and deliver information. This means that data is not stored on central servers, making it resistant to censorship.
3. Features:
- Publishing: Hyphanet makes it easy to publish content with strong privacy protections. You can host your own website, create microblogs, forums, and share media files.
- Friend-to-Friend Network: For maximum privacy, you can connect to your friends and build a friend-to-friend network independent of centralized servers.
- Global Opennet: You can join the global Opennet to access the broader network.
- Secret Identities: Create secret identities to speak more freely.
- Websites: Browse sites on various topics and publish your own.
- Forums: Ask questions and exchange ideas.
- Platform: Use decentralized applications built on the Hyphanet platform or create your own.
4. Name Change: In mid-2023, Freenet was renamed to Hyphanet. The project continues development under this new name.
For more information, you can visit the [official Hyphanet website](https://www.hyphanet.org/) ¹. Hyphanet empowers users to reclaim their privacy and communicate freely in an increasingly connected world. 🌐🔒
Source: Conversation with Bing, 3/23/2024 (1) Hyphanet. https://www.hyphanet.org/. (2) Hyphanet - Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyphanet. (3) Help - Hyphanet. https://www.hyphanet.org/pages/help.html. (4) Download - Freenet. https://www.hyphanet.org/pages/download.html. (5) About - Freenet. https://www.hyphanet.org/pages/about.html.