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I was reading this article on TorrentFreak (https://torrentfreak.com/web2web-serverless-websites-powered-by-torrents-bitcoin-161008/) about this project called Web2Web (see on GitHub (https://github.com/elendirx/web2web) and I though I should share it here too.

With this little project there will be no need for servers, domains or essentially any centralization like that and you can stay fully anonymous (well not technically fully but you know what I mean) with it.

Here is how it works using Bitcoin and Torrent technology:
1) Using a bitcoin address, you look up the latest outgoing transaction which contains an OP_RETURN script like this one (https://blockchain.info/tx/dc05532fd9d17f8ab9dd913ca0a03395f285c13362876819eb3b7cb84563c10e?format=hex) inside that script there is a torrent infohash of the HTML used to show the webpage.
output: 6a 14 3a76b7434505e72573deb5c8c1fc9f26768b1d39
torrent: magnet:?xt=urn:btih:3a76b7434505e72573deb5c8c1fc9f26768b1d39 (of course some trackers will be added (https://github.com/elendirx/web2web/blob/master/index.html#L20))

2) The HTML of the website is downloaded via WebTorrent (https://webtorrent.io/) (which is another awesome project) and displayed in any of the modern browsers

Disclaimer: this is my understanding of the details, there may be some mistakes in what i just wrote in 1 and 2.

* The interesting part of all is that there is no need for additional application. Everything will be done using any of the browsers (Chrome, Firefox,...)

** Bye bye hosting, Bye bye domains, Bye bye domain hoarders, Bye bye centralization ...

Centralization are bad in so many ways, for example vulnerability to DoSS attacks and also forced closure of sites to just name a few. Innovation like this, will open the gate to other projects like decentralized exchanges. We are seeing increased movement towards Police state governance and abuse of power, so we need to protect ourselves with innovative technologies like this.

OP, thanks for the info. ^smile^

ever since i have seen OP_RETURN in bitcoin it seems like everybody is using it for something. i saw the other day something called crypto graffiti which apparently uses the same thing to embed messages on the blockchain and also draw some pictures with it.

but this project sounds a lot better, the Torrent technology is the best thing about it making it impossible to take down because to take it down you should kill all the seeds and peers and also kill bitcoin blockchain to prevent updates :D

Wow this shit is incredibly cool.

I was thinking the same idea and created a thread about it (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1964795.msg19531997#msg19531997). It is nice to see that someone is already on it.

If this project becomes real, this has the potention of becoming web 2.0

Internet > mp3 > torrent > bitcoin > web2web (web 2.0)

It is a shame that bitcoin community/devs aren't hyped enough to make the development faster.

This is the next big thing.

If you are interested in the project you can help with it here: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1959694.0

Make sure to check out the open source webtorrent project (https://webtorrent.io/) that this is using. WebTorrent is a torrent client with some cool features such as enabling easy streaming of torrents on your desktop.