BitTorrent's P2P Browser For Decentralized Websites Now In Beta

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BitTorrent announced its Maelstrom browser, a P2P browser based on Chromium that can load torrent-based websites.

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[PaulBags]

That sound interesting for small, fairly static websites. What about sites with dynamic or constantly changing content?

What about mobile browsers?

 

[nofish]

Similar project, but OpenSource and works on any OS/Browser: https://github.com/HelloZeroNet/ZeroNet

Also solves the dynamic content problem: The peers is grouped by site owner's publickey (in torrent peers grouped by content's hash), so the owner anytime can distribute new updates to site.

 

[Seb Yx]

This might work good with websockets pub/sub model. Instead of pushing updates to every connection, you only push to a few then it propagates. But not everyone wants to be a server => websocket blockers => internet moving backwards

 

[bloc97]

Is there any implementation of a security feature? When a website becomes p2p wouldn't it be hard to control malware?

 

[dstarr3]

Is there any implementation of a security feature? When a website becomes p2p wouldn't it be hard to control malware?

If you're torrenting, hopefully you have anti-malware measures in place already.

 

[knowom]

Something like a download for the homepage proxy server squid cache data to the top 100,000 websites updated weekly or monthly would probably be a better, faster, and more reliable approach to be honest.

This just sounds entirely too dependent on seeders which could be quite fickle and hit or miss not to mention content providers which could also be hit or miss meanwhile squid cache works and getting more people to start using would be a good thing anyway that would take some burden of ISP which might in turn solve some of the bandwidth burden, consumption, and capping dilemma's consumers & ISP's face.

 

[clifftam]

For those who don't have unlimited bandwidth and/or slow connection, why do I want others to access website through my browser and hog my bandiwdth?

 

[chechak]

great benefits.....but can be thread for continent and privacy..

 

[milkod2001]

I like the idea but i believe that delay between seeders being found and website being actually displayed on screen will always be bigger that any request sent to main server and data being sent back(as is currently now).

Besides does not modern browsers like chrome store/cache websites already visited and sends request only for new/dynamic content? How exactly p2p browsers are going to help here?

 

[milkod2001]

p2p browser will still have to communicate with main server when requesting the latest dynamic content for website. It will have to compare this information with information potential seeder has. This will only cause another delay.I must be missing something as i actually see zero benefits of p2p browsers. Maybe for static websites? meh

 

[jasonkaler]

wow, sounds secure.
Not!

 

[brucen13]

Completely agree with the security concerns. There is no longer centralized control of content for delivery. P2P may protect against DDoS attacks, but a malicious attacker no longer needs to overwhelm a server when content can be hijacked and modified through a botnet of seeders.

 

[PaulBags]

Completely agree with the security concerns. There is no longer centralized control of content for delivery. P2P may protect against DDoS attacks, but a malicious attacker no longer needs to overwhelm a server when content can be hijacked and modified through a botnet of seeders.

Wouldn't they have the wrong hash? Wouldn't they be banned by client for too many wrong packets?

 

[Michaelhn]

For those who don't have unlimited bandwidth and/or slow connection, why do I want others to access website through my browser and hog my bandiwdth?

Same things with seeding torrent? why do I want seed a torrent?