You should check out IPFS which is pretty similar to what you're describing, at least for file storage (which can be used to host web content).
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Thanks, yep. found that after some research. found some email client with ipfs and proof of replication but it's some crypto scam shit that's dead anyways
Unfortunately a lot of the IPFS community seems to have been inundated with crypto nonsense. Which is a shame, since I think the basic idea is a good one.
You are describing IPFS. If you install IPFS, then browse to some IPFS content (like a wikipedia mirror: ipns://en.wikipedia-on-ipfs.org/wiki/), that's cached on your system, if someone else requests those assets, your computer will help distribute it. You can "pin" content, keeping/seeding a copy.
I'm working on the beginnings of a project which is aiming to do exactly this -- I agree; the Fediverse is already a huge step in this direction, but I think it'd be possible to go even further, such that "your content" is often being hosted by your own machine instead of depending on an instance operator somewhere to do it, and I think there would be some big advantages to doing it that way.
Unlike actual mature solutions which others have proposed in this thread, it's in this very early infancy stage, but I'm working this weekend on the update which was supposed to be ready in "1-2 weeks" 2+ weeks ago.
/c/[email protected], grits project discussion / updates
ipfs proof of replication?
You watch Silicon Valley recently? Haha
not recently lol. after doing some research i sadly discovered that crypto has taken a big fat shit on the general publics oppinion of ipfs and proof of replication. filecoin etc. greeeeeeeed is cancer
Yeah I am not very versed in crypto but the greedyness of it put a big stink on it for me.
I can think of two projects with this type of idea In mind;
Freenet @ https://www.hyphanet.org/index.html
Threefold @ https://threefold.io
They are both working distributed internet platforms. Threefold is more commercial and has a method to pay you for your bandwidth via crypto currency. Freenet is free speech based and against censorship.
would it be possible to have some traffic encypted, like PM and email etc over a similar protocol like torrents. everyone who wants to use the new web just allocates a certain amount on their hard drive with encryptions and stuff. I know i must sound like a child but it doesn't sound impossible. am i crazy?
oh, allocating like 100gb per user would become more expensive for AI bots as well right?
Is that not what the Fediverse is though? I mean in essence?