Awesome Decentralized P2P

A curated list of decentralized, P2P (peer-to-peer), and distributed platforms and applications ("dapps").

Please read the contribution guidelines to contribute.

Bitcoin Markets

• Bitcoin - Digital currency, with distributed ledger known as a "blockchain".
• BitSquare - Bitcoin exchange
• Lighthouse - Crowdfunding, using bitcoin multisig "smart contracts".
• OpenBazaar - Marketplace, with store fronts and moderators.
• P2Pool - Bitcoin mining pool.

Anonymity and Proxies

• DarkWallet - Bitcoin wallet using stealth addresses and coinjoin for anonymity.
• JoinMarket - Implementation of CoinJoin (bitcoin mixing for anonymity) with added incentive structure.
• Freenet - Anonymous network with hidden services.
• I2P - Anonymous network with hidden services.
• Tor - Anonymous network proxy.

Communications

• BitMessage - Anonymous encrypted message broadcasting.
• Identifi - Distributed identity and reputation store.
• RetroShare - Communication, messaging, and file sharing.
• Streamium - Bitcoin paid streaming video broadcasting.
• Tox - Instant messaging and video calling.
• Twister - Microblogging (Twitter-like) application.

Content and Data

• BitTorrent - Protocol for distributed file sharing
• Blockstack - Toolset for decentralized applications.
• IPFS - InterPlanetary File System, a distributed file system.
• Secure Scuttlebutt - Distributed message feed network.
• Tahoe-LAFS - Distributed cloud data storage.
• WebTorrent - Browser torrent client using WebRTC.
• WebRTC - W3C drafted standard for browser-to-browser data transfer.
• ZeroNet - P2P web applications, based on bittorrent.

Alt-Coin Platforms

• BitShares - Financial platform, using BitAssets.
• Counterparty - Financial applications on bitcoin network, extended with XCP cryptocurrency.
• Crypti - Application platform, with XCR cryptocurrency.
• Ethereum - "Smart contract" platform, with Ether cryptocurrency.
• Eris - Platform for consensus(blockchain) based applications.
• MaidSafe - Distributed data, with SafeCoin cryptocurrency.
• NXT - Financial platform, with NXT coin.
• Namecoin - Fork of bitcoin, intended as a decentralized domain name registry.
• Sia - Distributed data, with SiaCoin cryptocurrency.
• Storj - Distributed data, with StorjCoin cryptocurrency.

Related Lists

• https://github.com/kgryte/awesome-peer-to-peer
• https://redecentralize.github.io/alternative-internet/
• http://dapps.ethercasts.com/

License

To the extent possible under law, the author of this page has waived all copyright and related or neighboring rights to this work.