Skynet – Build a Free Internet

Re:Skynet – Build a Free Internet by killerstorm on Sunday January 10, 2021 @07:10AM (#25713914)

Sorry, but this is not decentralized at all, as you are at mercy of siasky.net serving you the right code. If siasky.net is compromised it will serve you code which steals the account. This is strictly inferior to normal web, as you need to trust both the app developer and the portal code is served from.

Having multiple mirrors is NOT decentralization.

My criteria for "decentralized web" candidates are:

  * credentials are managed by a trusted component outside of controls of apps, let alone mirrors
  * content integrity is checked before it is used
  * switching between nodes happens automatically in 
    background, there should be no SPoF (i.e. if download 
    through node 1 fails client should automatically retry 
    from node 2 and so on).

I don't think you can achieve this without integrating with a browser.

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Re:Skynet – Build a Free Internet by Taek on Sunday January 10, 2021 @08:01AM (#25714288)

We're closer than I think you give us credit. The only major component we're missing is that normal browsers don't have the ability to verify that the portal is serving you the right code - which is of course super important.

Once you have that though, the rest can be done within the webapp itself. Credentials are managed by a separate webapp like https://sky-id.hns.siasky.net/, and some apps already have built in failover to try other portals if one is not responding.

With the advent of utreexo, it's even possible to run full blockchain nodes inside of a webapp. Again you need an integrity check on the code served by the portal, but if you have that you can independently do everything else.

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Re:Skynet – Build a Free Internet by cyphermoon on Sunday January 10, 2021 @09:00AM (#25714666)

The only missing piece is a browser plugin or a dedicated browser that verifies that each piece of content you are served corresponds to the hash you are requesting. This is on the global roadmap, as well as automatic portal switching. The philosophy of the project is absolutely in line with your thinking.

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Re:Skynet – Build a Free Internet by dboreham on Sunday January 10, 2021 @11:23AM (#25716224)

Perhaps like the IPFS browser plugin?

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