Life & fun · February 24, 2025
URnetwork – Decentralized VPN Replacement
I spent the last 1.5 years working out how to scale a decentralized network safely and efficiently to millions of users. URnetwork is a market for network capacity, where each connection races to find the best provider on the network. This means users have many IP addresses that continually cycle, and users can directly connect to each other, which is great for privacy when some minimum conditions are met. Because the world already has a bunch of hardware and network capacity that can be used, the challenges were to design a protocol to make it safe to use and participate, fast and reliable,…
In plain words
URnetwork is a decentralized VPN alternative that operates as a marketplace for network capacity. Instead of routing through a single provider, each connection automatically finds and uses the best available provider on the network, allowing users' IP addresses to continuously change and enabling direct peer-to-peer connections for enhanced privacy. The protocol is designed to scale safely and reliably to millions of users while maintaining strong encryption for secure data transfer. Mobile apps are available on iOS and Android.
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I spent the last 1.5 years working out how to scale a decentralized network safely and efficiently to millions of users. URnetwork is a market for network capacity, where each connection races to find the best provider on the network. This means users have many IP addresses that continually cycle, and users can directly connect to each other, which is great for privacy when some minimum conditions are met. Because the world already has a bunch of hardware and network capacity that can be used, the challenges were to design a protocol to make it safe to use and participate, fast and reliable, and to set up the right encryption bar for safe peer to peer data. You can try the apps on iOS and Android and see if they work better than your current VPN. The source is here https://github.com/urnetwork About me, I was an early engineer at Palantir, former YC founder, and spent the last decade building global infrastructure. I'm interested in truly free, transparent, private, available, and secure networks that reward people to contribute what they have. Ease of use and safety to participate has been a big focus for me.
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