Trying out I2P 🕵️

Date: 22-09-2024

What is I2P?

I2P stands for "The Invisible Internet Project" and it is a totally private and encrypted private network layer. If you have ever heard of or used the Tor project, it is similar, but the I2P network is more secure and faster.

What is the point of using I2P?

This is a good question. Why should you or I even use I2P? The answer is simple: it offers many interesting things, for example:

• Over 7,000 unique websites to visit
• Free fully private Email address
• Private IRCs
• Fully decentralization
• Advanced userbase
• Faster than the Tor and freenet

Overall, I2P offers a lot to you and has an amazing community of friendly people.

My experience

Hosting on home server

I installed i2pd onto my home server. I chose i2pd because it is written in C, making it faster than the normal I2P package.

After installing and starting up i2pd with Systemd, I had to forward the ports on my local network so that I could use I2P. This can be done by running a simple command:

I would strongly suggest using Librewolf to look through the I2P network.

Here are a few websites I do like:

• http://notbob.i2p/
• http://ramble.i2p/

Most of the websites on I2P are personal sites, and I highly suggest using NotBob to look for them because some of them are really cool.

Last thoughts

Most of the websites on I2P are personal sites. I highly suggest using NotBob to look for them because some of them are really cool.

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