ZeroNet is an open-source platform designed to enable the creation and hosting of decentralized websites using Bitcoin cryptography and the BitTorrent network. It provides a robust framework for building uncensorable, peer-to-peer websites that are resistant to censorship and shutdown.
Key Features:
Decentralized Hosting: Utilizes Bitcoin's cryptographic principles and BitTorrent's peer-to-peer networking to ensure sites remain accessible as long as at least one node is active.
Namecoin .bit Domains: Supports unique, decentralized domain names for your websites.
Real-Time Updates: Content is automatically updated across the network when modified by the site owner.
P2P Data Synchronization: Built-in SQL server allows seamless data synchronization across peers, simplifying website development and ensuring fast load times.
Tor Integration: Full support for Tor .onion hidden services enhances privacy and anonymity.
TLS Encryption: Ensures secure communication between nodes.
Audience & Benefit:
Ideal for developers, activists, journalists, and anyone seeking to publish content without fear of censorship or surveillance. ZeroNet empowers users to create resilient, uncensorable websites that operate independently of traditional hosting infrastructure, ensuring their voices remain heard regardless of external pressures.
Available via winget for easy installation, ZeroNet offers a powerful tool for fostering internet freedom and secure communication in an increasingly monitored digital landscape.
Decentralized websites using Bitcoin crypto and the BitTorrent network - https://zeronet.io
Why?
We believe in open, free, and uncensored network and communication.
No single point of failure: Site remains online so long as at least 1 peer is
serving it.
No hosting costs: Sites are served by visitors.
Impossible to shut down: It's nowhere because it's everywhere.
Fast and works offline: You can access the site even if Internet is
unavailable.
Features
Real-time updated sites
Namecoin .bit domains support
Easy to setup: unpack & run
Clone websites in one click
Password-less BIP32
based authorization: Your account is protected by the same cryptography as your Bitcoin wallet
Built-in SQL server with P2P data synchronization: Allows easier site development and faster page load times
Anonymity: Full Tor network support with .onion hidden services instead of IPv4 addresses
TLS encrypted connections
Automatic uPnP port opening
Plugin for multiuser (openproxy) support
Works with any browser/OS
How does it work?
After starting zeronet.py you will be able to visit zeronet sites using
http://127.0.0.1:43110/{zeronet_address} (eg.
http://127.0.0.1:43110/1HeLLo4uzjaLetFx6NH3PMwFP3qbRbTf3D).
When you visit a new zeronet site, it tries to find peers using the BitTorrent
network so it can download the site files (html, css, js...) from them.
Each visited site is also served by you.
Every site contains a content.json file which holds all other files in a sha512 hash
and a signature generated using the site's private key.
If the site owner (who has the private key for the site address) modifies the
site, then he/she signs the new and publishes it to the peers.
Afterwards, the peers verify the integrity (using the
signature), they download the modified files and publish the new content to
other peers.
docker run -d -v :/root/data -p 26552:26552 -p 127.0.0.1:43110:43110 nofish/zeronet
This Docker image includes the Tor proxy, which is disabled by default. Beware that some
hosting providers may not allow you running Tor in their servers. If you want to enable it,
set ENABLE_TOR environment variable to true (Default: false). E.g.:
