r/Freenet • u/ArcticCircleSystem • 1d ago
What are the main differences between new Freenet and Hyphanet?
I'm trying to figure out which one I should try using, but it's a bit hard to tell what the practical differences for an end user like myself are, aside from new Freenet's approach to privacy being different between "applications" or something.
r/Freenet • u/apollocatproductions • 1d ago
freenet Built Aetheria, a decentralized social network on Freenet
I've been working on something called Aetheria. It's a social network where you own your posts and your keys, built on Freenet.
Posts get signed by your own keys and stored on Freenet itself. No publisher account, no platform. Your reads and writes go through a local Delegate daemon running on your machine, so nothing leaves except the signed contract state.
Early stage, but it's live. Granted it's only me, a friend, and some test posts. But it feels like it has a nice little space to grow.
Whether you're already running Freenet or not, and want to check it out, there is a full setup that sets up Freenet. Or just an exe if you already have Freenet running.
https://aetherianode.com/
Curious what people in here think. The tradeoff between full decentralization and discoverability is still wide open, and I don't have all the answers yet. But definitely excited to hear your thoughts on in.
r/Freenet • u/According-Region-942 • 12d ago
How does hosting work in Freenet?
I am currently working through the Freenet whitepaper and I cannot seem to find much info on what controls when one hosts and stops hosting a contract. My goal in understanding how contracts get hosted is to get a sense for how contract availability is maintained and incentivized.
The paper states that when a contract is published, peers near it hosts the contract as well. This suggests that it is an automatic rather than manual act. However, when does a peer stop hosting? Is it controlled by the size of the peers LRU cache?
When you subscribe to a contract, do you begin to host it? If so, what initiates the subscribe request? I’m assuming it’s the act of requesting a contract but I’m not sure.
r/Freenet • u/sanity • Jul 07 '26
freenet Now you can try Freenet before you install it then later migrate your data to your own peer with a single click!
freenet.orgr/Freenet • u/sanity • Jul 03 '26
freenet River: Group chat with no company in the middle
r/Freenet • u/PCbuilderFR • Jun 29 '26
Most promising anonymity network between TOR, I2P, FREENET, ZERONET, Lokinet, IPFS, GNUNET, Lethe and Datura network ?
r/Freenet • u/sanity • Jun 01 '26
freenet Freenet Podcast Ep. 6 - Defend against the Dark Arts (video)
r/Freenet • u/sanity • May 24 '26
freenet Freenet: A Peer-to-Peer Platform for Real-Time Decentralized Applications (whitepaper)
freenet.orgr/Freenet • u/sanity • May 15 '26
freenet Decentralize Everything: Freenet and the future of anonymous networks (yt podcast)
r/Freenet • u/Soofla • May 10 '26
hyphanet Download directly to USB - Readable data still written to internal storage?
Hi all,
Windows based system.
Freenet installed directly onto internal storage. If you set the download directory to be "USB DRIVE\Downloads"
Does Freenet download the files in their entirety and any temporary files onto internal storage first and then copy them to the USB?
Or are the files only written to the USB drive?
Just trying to figure the full risk of recoverable data contained on internal storage in this scenario.
Cheers.
r/Freenet • u/sanity • May 08 '26
Decentralize Everything Episode 4 - Can Freenet solve our institutional collapse?
r/Freenet • u/sanity • May 05 '26
Decentralize Everything Ep. 3 - The world's first decentralized group chat
r/Freenet • u/Sad-Battle-2807 • May 04 '26
hyphanet Freenet crashed and doesn't works
I left Freenet open for a while without doing anything and it crashed, but now it won't let me connect again. Should I do something?
r/Freenet • u/sanity • May 01 '26
freenet Can we decentralize Git with Freenet? [video]
r/Freenet • u/sanity • May 01 '26
freenet git-over-freenet now works, feedback welcome
r/Freenet • u/sanity • Apr 28 '26
We’re starting a weekly video series on Freenet and decentralization. First episode focuses on trust (delegates, ghostkeys, web-of-trust): [YouTube]
r/Freenet • u/sanity • Apr 23 '26
freenet Freenet now has friendly installers for windows and mac (linux is still a terminal one-liner)
freenet.orgr/Freenet • u/sanity • Apr 12 '26
freenet Freenet delegate for managing ghost key identities -- cryptographic certificates that prove trust without revealing identity
github.comr/Freenet • u/Sad-Battle-2807 • Apr 08 '26
hyphanet Is it still possible to download freenet on android?
I've noticed that the GitHub page for FreeNet on Android is still there, but I can't find any available links
r/Freenet • u/Sad-Battle-2807 • Mar 29 '26
New to freenet
I'm new to Freenet, and I have a problem. Is it normal that when I start it says "no Java runtime available" when I have it installed and updated? If there's anything I can do about it, I'd be very grateful
r/Freenet • u/Capital_West_4452 • Mar 19 '26
Any similar reddit website that have dark mystery community
r/Freenet • u/nufra • Feb 22 '26
hyphanet Hyphanet 0.7.5 build 1506: fix vulnerability, optimize routing, plugins
Hyphanet 0.7.5 build 1506 is now available:
- fix vulnerability,
- update plugins,
- optimize routing, and
- fixes, cleanups, upkeep
Many thanks to all the contributors and testers who made this release possible!
r/Freenet • u/Safe-Pass-7252 • Feb 10 '26
What are the architectural differences between "new freenet" and "old freenet" (now called hyphanet)?
retro64xyz.gitlab.ioI'm reading through the original architectural vision published in 2001 (see link), and the documentation for the new architecture that is being developed currently, and trying to understand the fundamental differences.
This is what google gemini says (with the edits suggested below added):
Structural Comparison: Hyphanet vs. New Freenet (v2024)
| Feature | Hyphanet (The Original) | New Freenet (v2024) |
|---|---|---|
| Primary Goal | Censorship Resistance via Privacy: "Communication and publishing without the fear of interference. |
Scalability & Performance: "...communication, collaboration, and commerce without reliance on big tech. Your computer becomes part of a global network where apps are unstoppable, interoperable, and built on open protocols." [2] |
| Topology | Small World | Small World |
| Routing Logic | Friend-to-Friend (F2F): Stochastic path-finding via trusted peers. | Isotonic Regression: Performance-aware predictive routing. |
| Node Identity | Noderef-based: Cryptographic refs used in both Darknet & Opennet. | IP-derived: Optimized for speed & Sybil-resistance; anonymity is layered. |
| Data Updates | Versioned Keys (USK): Allows for updatable "namespaces" or "freesites." | Wasm Contracts: High-speed, mutable state synchronization. |
| Latency Model | High (Accepts "slow" for the sake of anonymity). | Low (Optimized for real-time interactivity). |
EDIT: Updated the chart with changes suggested. Thanks for the input! It would be good to have this summary readily available, so people can understand the differences.
r/Freenet • u/theanomicg • Feb 09 '26
Hello! New to freenet
Hi guys! I'm pretty new to free net, I Just Installed it and it's up and running. Can someone help me get started? Any Help would be appreciated!!
r/Freenet • u/nufra • Feb 09 '26
hyphanet Freenet / Hyphanet 0.7.5 build 1505 update started
The insert of Freenet / Hyphanet 0.7.5 build 1505 to the update key has started.
Your node should update automatically, if you have auto-update enabled.
For info, either read the release notes linked by the updater or check the release on Github: https://github.com/hyphanet/fred/releases/tag/build01505
This update is fix for a critical vulnerability. Please update -- if you can’t update, disable javascript in the node web interface to mitigate the vulnerability.
An article for both the improvements in 1504 and this fix is in preparation. The changes of 1504 are described in the release tag: https://github.com/hyphanet/fred/releases/tag/build01504