The zeronet-conservancy project is an extension/fork of the decentralized, censorship-resistant network ZeroNet, which uses Bitcoin's addressing and verification mechanisms in combination with BitTorrent's distributed delivery technologies to create sites. Site content is stored in the P2P network on visitors' machines and verified against the owner's digital signature. The created fork is aimed at maintaining the network, increasing security, transitioning to user moderation (the current system does not work, as "site owners" regularly disappear) and further smooth transition to a new, safe and fast network.
Key changes compared to the last official version of ZeroNet (original developer disappeared without leaving any recommendations or maintainers):
- Tor onion v3 support.
- Documentation update.
- Support for modern hashlib.
- Disable insecure updates over the network.
- Changes to improve security.
- Lack of binary builds (they are another attack vector until repeatable builds are implemented).
- New active trackers.
In the near future - getting rid of the project from dependence on the centralized zeroid service, increasing productivity, more code auditing, new secure APIs. The project is open to contributors on all fronts.
Source: opennet.ru