http://127.0.0.1:43110/Blog.ZeroNetwork.bit/?Post:107:The+Future+of+Us

https://decentralize.today/the-future-of-us-zeronet-ted2017-6c0fdc74705b

Yeah, if some of you guys could pile into the thread and help me answer some of these question's that'd be great :)

(Sorry for the shouty title!)

https://edition.cnn.com/2019/03/26/tech/eu-copyright-article-13/index.html

this is kinda good for zeronet since the users dont give a crap about this

http://127.0.0.1:43110/138R53t3ZW7KDfSfxVpWUsMXgwUnsDNXLP/?Page:criticism

Criticism of ZeroNet

To inform you that ZeroNet is not perfect, but a proof-of-concept.

1. Lack of modularity, and collaboration, compared to IPFS.

2. No DHT feature, only a workaround by tracker exchange, which is more centralized.

3. Single point of failure, in multiple ways

   • ZeroName system, relying on a single vps run by nofish, and the workarounds, like NameYo, are not sufficient.

   • Development of Zeronet. Imagine nofish is hacked.

   • ZeroID. The whole zeronet relys on it heavily, other IDs are mostly non-unique. Non-unique IDs are vulnerable to spamming

4. Poor performance

   • Using sqlite, which requires syncing the database each time you get/publish new data, and rebuilding it if your database was corrupted unluckily. The whole thing can be done gracefully like Orbit-db or GUN.

5. Data duplication

   • You may think duplication makes it harder to detect pirating. This is ridiculous, as you lose efficiency on data transport and you get nothing on anonymity.

6. Other weird designs

   • Now in ZeroNet API, there's a RSA encryption item, but one day, a new encyption method called XYZ is invented, and nofish keeps adding new APIs. This is just an example, and this indicates why designing a good dweb framework is hard.

@blurhy

I think he has already realized that the project is outdated and stopped adding new features, but only maintains it. The whole design of the project was not carefully thought over in the first place. It is simply a rewrite of Freenet. If there had been IPFS, he would have started ZeroNet based on IPFS. IPFS is founded in 2015, and this requires a team, at least there're multiple tech leaders. It's too hard for someone to code the complete protocol stack alone, or he's genius. I wrote this wiki, for you who blindly believe ZeroNet is perfect, being lazy to explore anything other than ZeroNet.

I couldn't even find a criticism page on this, so this page is fairy necessary.

Critism on search engines

Each year, there're always some search engines being created for ZeroNet, and some are discontinued.

What's the reason behind the phenomenon ?

The so-called 'search engines' are actually indexes, which require a single point, the owner, to maintain it continually. As I point out above, there're some weird and careless designs, making it difficult to improve the performance.

@blurhy

I gave up Horizon search after realizing the fundamental flaws of Zeronet. Probably, other developers would face the same problems and stop their projects.