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mrshadowon Show HN: How to build a website/shop that cannot be shut down by Law enforcement

I've uploaded it once again here: https://www.docdroid.net/6aphs7D/how-to-build-a-website-that...

mrshadowon Show HN: How to build a website/shop that cannot be shut down by Law enforcement

this is just a PDF.

If you don't trust. Just check my second post here on Hacker News. It is a discusion about the topic with 20+ comments.

mrshadowon How to build a website/shop that cannot be shut down by Law enforcement

I am not advocating for IPFS gateways. Gateways are centralized, I already mentioned somewhere.

You can access the website directly via its CID (ipfs://CID), or via its decentralized domain (domain.eth, domain.x). But of course, you will need a browser with native support for IPFS (Opera, Brave). Currently for other browsers you need an extension called ipfs companion.

mrshadowon How to build a website/shop that cannot be shut down by Law enforcement

Let's say you upload files via a Pinning Service (Filebase or Pinata). Let's say this website has some traffic. Now let's say this pinning service removes your website, or the pinning service ban your website, or the pinnging service gets bankrupt.

This happens: If someone requests a file or a webpage, a copy of the file is cached on their node. As more and more people request that data, more and more cached copies will exist. Subsequent requests for that file can be fulfilled by any node —or combination of nodes—that has the file on it. The burden of delivering the data and fulfilling the request is gradually shared out among many nodes.

mrshadowon How to build a website/shop that cannot be shut down by Law enforcement

There are max. 2 millions TOR users, but everybody can access the website hosted on IPFS (7 billions). TOR is sensitive to DDoS attack, IPFS; it is not. Ipfs is permanent web.

BTW. Onion sites are not private. Law enforcement can access the onion sites in the same way as others. It just appears private. A cop in undercover can appear like an ordinary citizen and purchase dope from a dealer.

mrshadowon How to build a website/shop that cannot be shut down by Law enforcement

"I'm pretty sure most ipfs gateways that expose ipfs to http requests do comply with DMCA and other takedown notices"

Correct. 1. there is a lot of IPFS gateways outsite of USA 2. you can access the website directly "ipfs://CID" from Opera, Brave browser

This way it is fully decentralized. IPFS gateways are centralized.

mrshadowon How to build a website/shop that cannot be shut down by Law enforcement

I made a PDF tutorial and it is accessible here: https://ipfs.filebase.io/ipfs/QmVSogrzAaRLumnhXjuD9VGN3ViP2S...

Please feel free to share it so maybe somebody finds it interesting.