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Hyphanet

For other uses, see Freenet (disambiguation).

Developer(s)[1]
Initial releaseMarch 2000 (2000-03)
Stable release
0.7.5 build 1498[2] Edit this on Wikidata / 23 September 2024
Repositoryhttps://github.com/hyphanet/fred
Written inJava
Operating systemCross-platform: Unix-like (Android, Linux, BSD, macOS), Microsoft Windows
PlatformJava
Available inEnglish, French, Italian, German, Dutch, Spanish, Portuguese, Swedish, Norwegian, Chinese, Russian[3]
TypeAnonymity application, peer-to-peer, friend-to-friend, overlay network, mix network, distributed data store
LicenseGNU General Public License version 3 only
Websitewww.hyphanet.org
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Hyphanet (until mid-2023: Freenet[4]) is a peer-to-peer platform for censorship-resistant, anonymous communication. It uses a decentralized distributed data store to keep and deliver information, and has a suite of free software for publishing and communicating on the Web without fear of censorship.[5][6]: 151  Both Freenet and some of its associated tools were originally designed by Ian Clarke, who defined Freenet's goal as providing freedom of speech on the Internet with strong anonymity protection.[7][8][9]

The distributed data store of Freenet is used by many third-party programs and plugins to provide microblogging and media sharing,[10] anonymous and decentralised version tracking,[11] blogging,[12] a generic web of trust for decentralized spam resistance,[13][14] Shoeshop for using Freenet over sneakernet,[15] and many more.

  1. ^ "People". Freenet: The Free Network official website. 22 September 2008. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 31 May 2014.
  2. ^ "Freenet / Hyphanet build 1498: Debian Package, Optimized Networking Layer, Richer Websites, UX, Safety". 23 September 2024.
  3. ^ Language specific versions of Freenet Archived 7 February 2018 at the Wayback Machine, GitHub: Freenet.
  4. ^ Freenet renamed to Hyphanet
  5. ^ What is Freenet? Archived 16 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine, Freenet: The Free network official website.
  6. ^ Taylor, Ian J. From P2P to Web Services and Grids: Peers in a Client/Server World. London: Springer, 2005.
  7. ^ Cohen, Adam (26 June 2000). "The Infoanarchist". Time. Archived from the original on 8 July 2008. Retrieved 18 December 2011.
  8. ^ Beckett, Andy (26 November 2009). "The dark side of the internet". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 8 September 2013. Retrieved 26 November 2009.
  9. ^ "The Guardian writes about Freenet (Ian Clarke's response)". Archived from the original on 19 May 2014.
  10. ^ "Sone: Pseudonymes Microblogging über Freenet". Archived from the original on 5 October 2015. Retrieved 15 September 2015., German article, 2010
  11. ^ "Infoclypse". Wiki. Mercurial. Archived from the original on 3 November 2021. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
  12. ^ "Flog Helper: Easy Blogging over Freenet". GitHub. 7 February 2019. Archived from the original on 5 February 2022. Retrieved 16 December 2011.
  13. ^ "Web of Trust". 7 February 2019. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 15 September 2015.
  14. ^ "Web Of Trust". GitHub. Retrieved 13 October 2024.
  15. ^ Freenet over Sneakernet. Freenet Key: USK@MYLAnId-ZEyXhDGGbYOa1gOtkZZrFNTXjFl1dibLj9E,Xpu27DoAKKc8b0718E-ZteFrGqCYROe7XBBJI57pB4M,AQACAAE/Shoeshop/2/

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