https://github.com/elendirx/web2web

P2P web powered by torrents and blockchain.
https://github.com/elendirx/web2web

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P2P web powered by torrents and blockchain.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/elendirx/web2web
• Owner: elendirx
• Created: 2016-09-13T10:46:51.000Z (about 8 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2023-10-10T16:35:27.000Z (about 1 year ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-10-01T18:06:03.149Z (about 1 month ago)
• Language: HTML
• Size: 10.7 KB
• Stars: 2,254
• Watchers: 121
• Forks: 178
• Open Issues: 3
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md

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README

        
# web2web

Server-less & domain-less websites updatable via torrents and bitcoin blockchain.

[live demo](https://elendirx.github.io/web2web)

### Why

Websites get seized by losing control over a webserver or a domain.

If we replace both the webserver and the domain with [torrents](https://webtorrent.io) and [blockchain](https://bitcoin.org/en) then there's nothing left to seize.

## How It Works

This repo contains two HTML files:

+ `index.html` is responsible for loading the webpage from torrent,

+ `webpage.html` is the actual webpage.

When you open `index.html` in the browser ([live demo](https://elendirx.github.io/web2web)), here's what happens:

1. Bitcoin address `1DhDyqB4xgDWjZzfbYGeutqdqBhSF7tGt4` is searched for the latest outgoing transaction containing `OP_RETURN` [script](https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/OP_RETURN). Inside the script there is a torrent infohash of `webpage.html`.

2. `webpage.html` is downloaded from torrent via [webtorrent](https://webtorrent.io) and displayed.

### How Is It Updated

To perform serverless updates, torrent of the updated `webpage.html` is created and its infohash is inserted into new bitcoin transaction sent from `1DhDyqB4xgDWjZzfbYGeutqdqBhSF7tGt4` address.

### How Is It Domainless

Save the `index.html` to your PC and open it from `localhost`. It will still work and receive updates.

## What Next

### User Accounts

Users will be able to sign up by sending small amount of bitcoin to the `1DhDyqB4xgDWjZzfbYGeutqdqBhSF7tGt4` bitcoin address.

Then they can update their content by inserting torrent infohashes into transactions sent from their addresses.

### E-commerce

It will be possible to build complex serverless anonymous e-commerce websites using bitcoin for payments.

## Project Status

Proof of concept, just for fun. Works in chrome, firefox and opera.

To create your own distributed webpage, take a look at [web2web gateway](https://elendirx.github.io/web2web-gateway).