Add support for more protocols

[filips123]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

ZeroNet currently uses the BitTorrent network. Although it is good, it still has some limitations.

Describe the solution you'd like

ZeroNet should support more protocols. More protocols it would support, more decentralized it would be. It would also have many more features.

I would like to support those protocols:

• DHT - Already in DHT support #57
• BitTorrent - Standard BitTorrent for storage of large files; Already used in rllola/zeronet-torrent-plugin
• WebTorrent - Alerady in Support WebTorrent trackers #2120
• libp2p - Python version is currently developing; Already used in @ZeroNetJS
• IPFS - For storage of large files
• IPLD - Already in Request for Comments: IPLD Integration/ZeroNet on IPLD MuxZeroNet/proposals#2
• Dat
• Safe Network
• Arweave
• Solid
• Lokinet
• Fediverse (ActivityPub, DFRN, Diaspora Network, OStatus, XMPP, Zot & Zot/6)

There could also be integration with existing decentralized and anonymous projects:

• Tor
• I2P
• Freenet
• GNUnet

Some of that suggestion are mine and some are based on other comments on GitHub or ZeroNet. I think that it's good to have one place to track them, so I created this issue.

[0polar]

And most important: standard BitTorrent protocol for file download and big file.
Currently, ZeroNet only utilize BitTorrent for peer discovery.

[rllola]

@0polar Like this ? https://github.com/rllola/zeronet-torrent-plugin

Working for python2 need to migrated to python3 (which frankly should be less of a hassle).

[filips123]

@0polar @rllola I added BitTorrent to list. I also added Fediverse protocols to list.

[blurHY]

What a mess.

IPFS is just IPLD

[filips123]

@blurHY IPFS is more "standalone", for storage of large files. IPLD is data model for integrating IPFS with other protocols.

[blurHY]

@blurHY IPFS is more "standalone", for storage of large files. IPLD is data model for integrating IPFS with other protocols.

What do you mean ?

Standalone ? I don't understand this.

IPFS's core is IPLD, it's not about libp2p or whatever

[filips123]

IPFS is already functional app/protocol for storing files. IPLD is "data model of the content-addressable web" which is made to integrate multiple protocols with data models.

[blurHY]

IPFS is already functional app/protocol for storing files. IPLD is "data model of the content-addressable web" which is made to integrate multiple protocols with data models.

So why not just use IPFS

[PowerPress]

+1 IPFS, IPLD and I2P