theNET
theNET is a distributed communications network that emerged in the early 2010s as a response to increasing concerns about data privacy and centralization in mainstream internet infrastructures. It is designed to offer a modular architecture built on decentralized protocols such as IPFS and the InterPlanetary File System, allowing participants to host and share content without reliance on commercial servers. The project's founders, a consortium of privacy advocates and software engineers, aimed to create a platform that could seamlessly integrate with existing web technologies while providing cryptographic guarantees of integrity and confidentiality.
Key features of theNET include a peer‑to‑peer routing system that reduces latency for geographically dispersed nodes,
Since its initial release, theNET has been adopted by a small but growing community of developers building