From 07055d891cbb4b66ec772c6cfdf4d7cd245e8a27 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: necro-nemesis Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2021 17:13:05 -0400 Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Update description --- apps/Lokinet/description | 8 +++++--- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/apps/Lokinet/description b/apps/Lokinet/description index 9991e58..07dabdc 100644 --- a/apps/Lokinet/description +++ b/apps/Lokinet/description @@ -1,5 +1,7 @@ -Lokinet is an anonymous, decentralized and IP based overlay network for the internet. +Lokinet is a privacy onion routing network which allows users to transact and communicate privately over it's own distributed anonymous network utilizing the latest in onion routing technology. -Service Nodes on the Loki network will operate a low latency onion routing protocol, forming a fully decentralised overlay network, called Lokinet. Onion routing protocols allow for users to form tunnels or paths through a distributed network, using multiple nodes as hops to obfuscate the destination and origin of data packets. +Lokinet requires no internet IP Address but instead provides it's own network addresses which can be either ephemeral, persistent or personalized depending on the users desired application. Information is onion routed through a globally distributed network of over one thousand nodes. -The network does not rely on trusted authorities and its state is fully derived from the blockchain. Users can connect to individual Service Nodes and create bidirectional paths for packets to be routed through. The network can be used to access internally hosted services called SNApps. Users can utilise Service Nodes exit functionality to browse the external internet without their IP address being exposed. +Hosting on Lokinet is quite easy and allows users to instantly create static addresses that can be privately accessed remotely over the internet for hosting their own online content. Using a Lokinet "SNApp" alleviates many of the challenges associated with hosting when it comes to configuring ports on a network. WIth SNApps there are no ports to forward. SNApps can be easily hosted on as little as an SBC inside a network and privately accessible anywhere in the world. SNApps also can hosted on a VPN using webservers such as Nginx, Apache, python etc. thereby allowing private anonymized global access your own personal content or sharing content privately amongst other users of the network. Web based applications such as IRC, Mumble, PeerTube, Pleroma, forums, streaming content etc. are all supportable through the network. The location and origin of the server is hidden and users anonymized while additionally the server can be secured in traditional ways. One can also register custom domains if they so choose to but this is not required to immediately generate a static address. + +Users wishing to access the regular internet anonymously need not pay for access to use Lokinet but may chose to subscribe to an exit provider should they wish to enhance anonymous access the internet through such a provider. Additionally the network generally has free exit nodes available offered through individuals providing voluntary support to the network. From d7d16b52f2a4d1fd0f33df10b6c452fb2c723239 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: necro-nemesis Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2021 19:02:24 -0400 Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Make intro more brief. --- apps/Lokinet/description | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/apps/Lokinet/description b/apps/Lokinet/description index 07dabdc..ef10540 100644 --- a/apps/Lokinet/description +++ b/apps/Lokinet/description @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -Lokinet is a privacy onion routing network which allows users to transact and communicate privately over it's own distributed anonymous network utilizing the latest in onion routing technology. +Lokinet is a privacy focused network anyone can access using the latest in decentralized onion routing technology. Lokinet requires no internet IP Address but instead provides it's own network addresses which can be either ephemeral, persistent or personalized depending on the users desired application. Information is onion routed through a globally distributed network of over one thousand nodes.