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Awesome Decentralized Web

A curated list about the decentralized web technologies.

Blockstack - a platform for application development with built in decentralized DNS.
Ethereum - "a distributed answer to HTTP POST" - it's a blockcahin-based platform for decentralized app development.
Namecoin - a replacement for the existing domain name system that registers identities on a blockchain, rather than a centralized DNS authority.
Zcash - a cryptocurrency built for total privacy. Zcash encrypts transactions so that they can be validated while still private.
Backfeed - a technology to enable decentralized and user-owned governance and reputation management for a community.

BitMessage - anonymous encrypted message broadcasting.
Matrix - a communication platform that can integrate with existing chat tools like slack. They just released a usability-focused client.
LevelNews - a leftist news aggregator designed for an open web, and dedicated to journalism without censorship.
Interledger - it interconnects disparate cryptocurrencies and financial systems.

BigchainDB - a scalable database that layers blockchain technology over decentralized data.
IPDB - a federated database network built on BigchainDB and IPFS. It is maintained by a network of caretakers around the world, at least half of which are nonprofits.

BitTorrent - Protocol for distributed file sharing
WebRTC - W3C drafted standard for browser-to-browser data transfer.
WebTorrent - an in-browser torrenting that works without requiring users to install anything extra.
DAT Project - a torrent-based public data storage, versioning, and sharing aimed at scientists, or anyone else with data.
IPFS - or InterPlanetary File System, is a distributed file storage system that aims to replace HTTP.
Tahoe-LAFS - a private, encrypted file storage system that decentralizes data across multiple servers.

ZeroNet - a peer-to-peer web built on the Bitcoin blockchain for addressing, and identity and Namecoin for .bit domains.
Freenet- a network aimed at activists and people living in repressive regimes. It uses a web of trust in high security mode, which allows users on the network to be effectively undetectable.
MaidSafe - a soon-to-be-released decentralized internet and app infrastructure which rewards users for participating in the network.
Samizdat - Samizdat is a platform for the self-hosted, peer-to-peer, cryptographically-secured internet.
I2P - Anonymous network with hidden services.
Tor - Anonymous network proxy.

Mediachain - a media library built on IPFS that makes it easy to publish, track, and discover creative work.
IPWB - an interplanetary wayback machine.
Onename - a global database for people, companies, websites and more. 
StrongLink - a searchable, syncable, content-addressable notetaking system
Solid - a proposed set of conventions and tools for building decentralized social applications based on Linked Data principles.
instant.io - Streaming file transfer over WebTorrent.

trsst - looks and feels like twitter but encrypted and anonymized and decentralized and only you hold the keys.
Tahrir - looks and feels like twitter but encrypted and anonymized and decentralized and only you hold the keys.
Twister - a fully decentralized P2P microblogging platform leveraging the free software implementations of Bitcoin and BitTorrent protocols.

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