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Comment Re:Where does the data live? (Score 4, Informative) 26

Thanks for your questions, Freenet caches data but it isn’t meant to be a long-term storage network. It’s better to think of it as a communication system. Data persists as long as at least one node remains subscribed to it. If nobody subscribes (including the author), it will eventually disappear from the network. So yes, if only your node subscribes then the data will only exist there and won’t be available when your machine is offline. But if other nodes subscribe it will be replicated automatically and remain available even if your node goes offline.

Submission + - New Freenet Network Launches With River Group Chat (freenet.org)

Sanity writes: Freenet’s new generation peer-to-peer network is now operational, along with the first application built on the network: a decentralized group chat system called River.

The new version is a complete redesign of the original project, focusing on real-time decentralized applications rather than static content distribution. Applications run as WebAssembly-based contracts across a small-world peer network, allowing software to operate directly on the network without centralized infrastructure.

An introductory video demonstrating the system is available on YouTube.

Slashdot previously covered the reboot of Freenet in 2023 in this article.

Submission + - Developer Pays $5.50/Month to Route Around AT&T's Ancient Firewall Rules (charleshood.me) 1

Danborg writes: When AT&T's network blocks legitimate AWS IPs from 2018 because they were 'sketchy' in 2015, and neither Amazon, AT&T, nor Netlify will coordinate a fix, what do you do? Run your own reverse proxy for the price of a coffee. A tale of legacy infrastructure, corporate apathy, and why some firewall rules achieve immortality through bureaucratic inertia.

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