Project Meshnet Aims to Build a Censorship-Free Alternative to the Internet
Imagine an Internet without censorship, an Internet built out of like-minded peers and secure connections. Born out of the r/darknetplan Reddit community’s dream of developing a truly free Internet, Project Meshnet may sound like something straight out of a science-fiction novel but it’s actually an idea that is slowly coalescing into reality.
The idea behind Project Meshnet is almost unexpectedly simple. In fact, there’s an introductory video that explains the concept in just a few short minutes.
For those interested in a slightly more technical explanation, however, here’s a quick rundown: Project Meshnet works because of CJDNS, a routing engine that forwards “packets” to nodes—that is, devices on the network—for further processing instead of asking nodes that have an ID similar to that of the target’s.According to the Project Meshnet Wiki, CJDNS was designed “so that every node is equal; there is no hierarchy or edge routing.” Sounds a lot like a peer-to-peer network, doesn’t it?
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