Alternatives

Products that do what Reddit and blockchain and webrtc does

My attempt to create a decentralised reddit using a merkle-dag and webrtc. Advice would be much appreciated. https://memesfortheparanoid.com

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   Zapchain▲196

   Create your own reddit-like community, powered by Bitcoin

   2015

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   Zsync, a Reddit Alternative with the Goal to Reward Quality Comments▲207

   I built this last year but never posted it anywhere, but now with Reddit hiatus it seems like the right time to give it a shot. The main goal of zsync is to foster high quality content and discussion. That's it. If it can't accomplish that, then to me it is a failure. I watched Reddit go from having high quality discussion in 2008-9 to devolving into the PC meme dumpster it is today [1]. HN still has the highest discussion quality of any "forum" I know of, but (1) it can sometimes randomly be very hostile/toxic to new tech, the most glaring example being crypto. (2) HN is basically a…

   2023 · zsync.xyz

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   redditmade▲164

   Crowdfunding projects backed by Reddit community

   2014

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   Rockets – Reddit and websockets▲98

   2015 · github.com

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   Peer-to-peer mini r/place with Proof of Work▲122

   Hi HN, This is a site where users can submit content and the shortest SHA256 value of nonce+content among them will make the site display the content. Very basic, without a blockchain. It's a static site with WebRTC and peer-to-peer. Why? I wanted r/place (Reddit canvas where users collaborate on a pixel grid), but with proof of work. This is my progress so far. It's a WebRTC app with peer to peer connectivity that forwards the best hashed values to other users, which verify them, display them and pass them on. There are many many improvements to be done (especially I should probably…

   2024 · tropical.pages.dev

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   Blockstack▲128

   A new internet for decentralized apps

   2016

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   A Browser-based Blockchain▲186

   2017 · nimiq.com

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   ZeroNet▲119

   Decentralized websites using Bitcoin cryptography

   2015

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   Sia▲159

   Decentralized storage on the blockchain

   2017

10. 10DT
    Decentralised Twitter – Microblogging on the Ethereum Blockchain▲63

    2015 · github.com

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    BigchainDB▲105

    The scalable blockchain database.

    2016

12. 12MO
    Memes on the Blockchain▲21

    2018 · memeschain.com

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    Coindexter▲111

    A wiki for long-term investors in blockchain networks

    2017

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    Uforio▲135

    An alternative reddit client

    2015

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    OneName▲92

    Decentralized whitepages for bitcoin

    2014

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    Stellar▲143

    Decentralized protocol for real-world currencies

    2014

17. 174O
    4chan on the Ethereum blockchain▲103

    2017 · davidwong.fr

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    IPFS▲84

    Peer-to-peer hypermedia protocol for Blockchain powered web

    2015

19. 19MO
    my open source "reddit"-like community▲12

    2014 · whoaverse.com

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    /r/place backed by the Bitcoin blockchain▲30

    2017 · mess110.github.io

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    Reddit alternative – decentralized social news site, no censorship▲104

    2015 · get-frisbee.com

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    BThread – Blockchain thread messaging and blog posting▲21

    2014 · chrome.google.com

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    After a couple of months playing with the Reddit API, I built this...▲38

    2012 · flipmeme.com

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    Reddish – an open-source Reddit clone. MERN and Redux▲10

    2021 · github.com

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