Tag: BitTorrent

A little over two years ago a Hungarian named Tamas Kocsis put together a completely decentralized internet alternative called Zeronet. Using the underlying cryptography...

While Netflix and other video streaming services rose to prominence, Bittorrent lost a major chunk of its user base, as viewers found Netflix more convenient...

A new project called Web2Web takes centralized servers out of the internet equation. The platform, using WebTorrent and Bitcoin, allows anyone on the net to create...

On July 20, U.S. government officials seized the website KickAssTorrents (KAT) and arrested the alleged founder of the site, Artem Vaulin. The site facilitated...

Bitcoin is an intricate system made up of the humans using the protocol, applications that surround it, miners, and nodes. Recently, there has been...

Today, major banks are touting their mobile banking apps as the next best thing. But are these “innovations” or just renovations on the proverbial deck...

The Bitcoin network is a large operation, and many people do not understand what makes the engine run under the hood. Mining is a...

LBRY is a sharing platform that uses blockchain technology to enable users to publish material and get paid for doing so. People using LBRY’s service can...

The bitcoin-based BitTorrent client, JoyStream, has Alpha clients ready for download. Founded by Dr. Bedeho Mender, the service adds incentives to downloading and seeding...

Coinffeine is a new decentralized, peer-to-peer Bitcoin exchange based out of Spain. The company’s service operates trades in over 70 countries worldwide. Founded by...