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Unstoppable Domains launches browser for the ‘uncensorable' web

Posted by Simon Keighley on February 19, 2020 - 5:24am Edited 2/19 at 5:27am

Unstoppable Domains launches browser for the ‘uncensorable’ web

Unstoppable Domains launches browser for the ‘uncensorable' web

By Jeff Benson

Unstoppable Domains burst onto the scene last year with blockchain-based web domains. Now, it's got a decentralized Internet browser to go with them.

Who needs dot-com when you can have dot-crypto?

Unstoppable Domains, a domain registry for decentralized websites, now has its own browser for sites that use peer-to-peer networks. That's predominantly the InterPlanetary File System, or IPFS, an immutable storage system that inserts links to data into blockchain transactions. However, you can also use the browser to visit standard .com websites. Either way, Unstoppable Domains says you'll be fighting censorship.

A handful of crypto celebrities and organizations already have one of Unstoppable Domain's .crypto domains, among them notable investors such as Morgan Creek Digital’s Anthony Pompliano and Tim Draper (who led the $4 million funding round in Unstoppable Domains last May). According to Brad Kam, co-founder of Unstoppable Domains and its head of business development, these blockchain domains have two advantages. 

First, they work as a payment gateway: Instead of needing to enter long address strings into a wallet, you can pay someone in cryptocurrency by typing in their domain name, similar to the Ethereum Name Service. Not only can they send ether, they can also send bitcoin and 50 or so other coins.

Second, he says via the company website, blockchain domains are uncensorable: "In the current Internet, it's extremely easy to have your domain seized from you, and therefore your website will be taken down.

Moreover, if your content is stored with, say, Amazon Web Services, it can be removed. "With a blockchain domain, this is impossible," he continues. "No one can put up the website or take it down other than you." 

That's because the owner stores the domain in their wallet—and because there's no renewal fee. Once a user has bought the domain, it's theirs forever. 

The browser, announced today, is the logical next step for viewing decentralized domains, which currently must be accessed via mirroring services, browser extensions, or a browser that supports them (e.g., Opera for Android). The Unstoppable Browser is meant to be easier; the URL for Pompliano's podcast website reads simply: ipfs://offthechain.crypto/.

The browser benefits users interested in a decentralized Internet in other ways. They can make a standard website more censorship-resistant. Kam told Decrypt:

"You can, with one click, turn on the IPFS code and store and share that website to the network, which means if you believe in a website, you can make it more decentralized. The more popular a website gets, the more decentralized it gets."

Article produced by Jeff Benson

https://decrypt.co/19777/unstoppable-domains-launches-browser-for-uncensorable-web

 

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Otto Knotzer thank you
February 24, 2020 at 5:04am
Kevin Jacobson Both projects that are unstoppable domains are workin on are very promising.
February 24, 2020 at 4:55am
Otto Knotzer thank you
February 20, 2020 at 6:20am
Simon Keighley Thanks for reading Mack - I like this concept too, especially having the security-advantage of no one being able to take your website down, other than you.
February 20, 2020 at 6:14am
Otto Knotzer good morning all have a nice day
February 19, 2020 at 11:35pm
Mack Shead Jr Great article Simon I really like the concept of Unstoppable Domains !
February 19, 2020 at 5:19pm
February 19, 2020 at 9:27am
Simon Keighley Thanks for reading Mihai, there are huge advantages with Unstoppable Domains revolutionary blockchain-based web domains, including the security of no one being able to take your website down, other than you.
February 19, 2020 at 9:23am
February 19, 2020 at 7:46am
Mihai Cristian Thanks for sharing Simon
February 19, 2020 at 7:45am
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