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Life & fun · August 11, 2016

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Beaker – A browser for IPFS and Dat

Beaker – A browser for IPFS and Dat launched on August 11, 2016 with 160 votes, #192 of 3,856 launches that month and more than 95% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 10 years on.

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Beaker is a browser designed for accessing content on IPFS and Dat networks, launched in 2016. It enables users to browse peer-to-peer distributed web protocols as an alternative to traditional centralized web browsing. The software is intended for those interested in exploring decentralized internet technologies and protocols that prioritize user ownership and distributed data storage rather than reliance on centralized servers.

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