Freenet. History[edit] The origin of Freenet can be traced to Ian Clarke's student project at the University of Edinburgh, which he completed as a graduation requirement in the Summer of 1999.[9][10][11] Ian Clarke's resulting unpublished report "A distributed decentralized information storage and retrieval system" (1999) provided foundation for the seminal paper written in collaboration with other researchers, "Freenet: A Distributed Anonymous Information Storage and Retrieval System" (2001).[12][13] According to CiteSeer, it became one of the most frequently cited computer science articles in 2002.[14] The distributed data store of Freenet is used by many third-party programs and plugins to provide microblogging and media sharing,[16] anonymous, decentralised version tracking,[17] blogging,[18] a generic web of trust for decentralized spam resistance,[19] Shoeshop for using Freenet over Sneakernet,[20] and many more.
Features and user interface of the Freenet[edit] Content[edit] The Freenet Project - /download. Important note for first time users For best performance, Freenet will run continually.
It should not interfere with your computer usage, as it requires around 200MB of RAM and 10% of one CPU core, plus some disk access. We strongly recommend you shut down Freenet while playing computer games etc. On Windows you can do this from the system tray icon, on other systems use the links on the system menu or the desktop. Normally Freenet will connect automatically and should "just work", automatically connecting to other nodes (Strangers). FreenetWiki: Applications. Freenet.com.