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Here goes: http://nightweb.net/#type=user&userhash=4zfhmwiio7kdp5oc...

How does the protocol differ from, say, tent.io?

Just in case anyone has the same issue: on my device (Nexus 4) it took a while for the UI to become responsive when first opening the app. Patience solved this one :)

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The word "decentralized" is a pretty loaded term unfortunately. I think tent.io and other similar projects are decentralized in the sense of who controls the servers, but they are still fundamentally client-server protocols. Nightweb (and I2P specifically, which it uses) is fully peer-to-peer, so there is no distinction between clients and servers. I think that's the most important difference.

Sorry about the non-responsive loading, I will work on that in the future.

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