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1 | # web2web
2 | Server-less & domain-less websites updatable via torrents and bitcoin blockchain.
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4 | [live demo](https://elendirx.github.io/web2web)
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7 | ### Why
8 | Websites get seized by losing control over a webserver or a domain.
9 | 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.
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12 | ## How It Works
13 | This repo contains two HTML files:
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15 | + `index.html` is responsible for loading the webpage from torrent,
16 | + `webpage.html` is the actual webpage.
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19 | When you open `index.html` in the browser ([live demo](https://elendirx.github.io/web2web)), here's what happens:
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22 | 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`.
23 | 2. `webpage.html` is downloaded from torrent via [webtorrent](https://webtorrent.io) and displayed.
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26 | ### How Is It Updated
27 | 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.
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30 | ### How Is It Domainless
31 | Save the `index.html` to your PC and open it from `localhost`. It will still work and receive updates.
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34 | ## What Next
35 | ### User Accounts
36 | Users will be able to sign up by sending small amount of bitcoin to the `1DhDyqB4xgDWjZzfbYGeutqdqBhSF7tGt4` bitcoin address.
37 | Then they can update their content by inserting torrent infohashes into transactions sent from their addresses.
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39 | ### E-commerce
40 | It will be possible to build complex serverless anonymous e-commerce websites using bitcoin for payments.
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43 | ## Project Status
44 | Proof of concept, just for fun. Works in chrome, firefox and opera.
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46 | To create your own distributed webpage, take a look at [web2web gateway](https://elendirx.github.io/web2web-gateway).
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11 | This may take a minute or two.
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4 | Web2Web Sample Page
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10 | Resilient Webpage
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13 | Neither the video below nor this very webpage is hosted on a single physical server, they live in the torrent network instead.
14 | Therefore it's not easy to take this webpage down.
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16 | Find more info on the w2w project page.
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20 | Are we the gods of our universe?
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