<s>
ZeroNet	B-Protocol
is	O
a	O
decentralized	O
web-like	O
network	B-Architecture
of	O
peer-to-peer	O
users	O
,	O
created	O
by	O
Tamas	O
Kocsis	O
in	O
2015	O
,	O
programming	O
for	O
the	O
network	B-Architecture
was	O
based	O
in	O
Budapest	O
,	O
Hungary	O
;	O
is	O
built	O
in	O
Python	B-Language
;	O
and	O
is	O
fully	O
open	B-Application
source	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Instead	O
of	O
having	O
an	O
IP	B-Protocol
address	I-Protocol
,	O
sites	O
are	O
identified	O
by	O
a	O
public	O
key	O
(	O
specifically	O
a	O
bitcoin	B-Protocol
address	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
private	O
key	O
allows	O
the	O
owner	O
of	O
a	O
site	O
to	O
sign	O
and	O
publish	O
changes	O
,	O
which	O
propagate	O
through	O
the	O
network	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sites	O
can	O
be	O
accessed	O
through	O
an	O
ordinary	O
web	O
browser	O
when	O
using	O
the	O
ZeroNet	B-Protocol
application	O
,	O
which	O
acts	O
as	O
a	O
local	O
webhost	O
for	O
such	O
pages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
to	O
using	O
bitcoin	B-Protocol
cryptography	O
,	O
ZeroNet	B-Protocol
uses	O
trackers	O
from	O
the	O
BitTorrent	B-Protocol
network	B-Architecture
to	O
negotiate	O
connections	O
between	O
peers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ZeroNet	B-Protocol
is	O
not	O
anonymous	O
by	O
default	O
,	O
but	O
it	O
supports	O
routing	O
traffic	O
through	O
the	O
Tor	B-Application
network	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
ZeroNet	B-Protocol
website	O
and	O
bittorrent	B-Protocol
tracker	O
are	O
blocked	O
in	O
mainland	O
China	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Despite	O
the	O
censorship	O
,	O
however	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
still	O
possible	O
to	O
access	O
ZeroNet	B-Protocol
from	O
behind	O
the	B-Application
Great	I-Application
Firewall	I-Application
of	I-Application
China	I-Application
,	O
even	O
over	O
Tor	B-Application
,	O
by	O
bootstrapping	O
over	O
Meek	O
,	O
and	O
connecting	O
to	O
peers	O
directly	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
is	O
no	O
way	O
to	O
take	O
down	O
a	O
ZeroNet	B-Protocol
page	O
which	O
still	O
has	O
seeders	O
,	O
thus	O
making	O
such	O
pages	O
immune	O
to	O
third-party	O
methods	O
of	O
taking	O
them	O
down	O
,	O
including	O
DMCA	O
takedown	O
notices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Development	O
has	O
stopped	O
for	O
several	O
months	O
after	O
stable	O
release	O
of	O
v0.7.1	O
on	O
Github	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
feasibility	O
of	O
peer-to-peer	O
online	O
web-sites	O
had	O
been	O
hypothesised	O
for	O
some	O
time	O
,	O
with	O
The	B-Application
Pirate	I-Application
Bay	I-Application
suggesting	O
they	O
would	O
build	O
a	O
network	B-Architecture
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
BitTorrent	B-Protocol
Inc	O
.	O
which	O
created	O
the	O
closed-source	O
Project	O
Maelstrom	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sites	O
on	O
ZeroNet	B-Protocol
are	O
known	O
as	O
"	O
zites	O
"	O
by	O
its	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ZeroNet	B-Protocol
supports	O
HTML	B-Language
,	O
CSS	B-Language
and	O
JavaScript	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Server-side	O
languages	O
like	O
PHP	B-Application
are	O
not	O
supported	O
,	O
although	O
ZeroNet	B-Protocol
creates	O
and	O
gives	O
API	B-General_Concept
to	O
interact	O
with	O
SQLite	B-Language
databases	O
,	O
their	O
data	O
also	O
distributed	O
(	O
as	O
JSON	B-General_Concept
files	O
)	O
via	O
P2P	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
plugins	O
and	O
the	O
ZeroFrame	O
API	B-General_Concept
,	O
sites	O
can	O
communicate	O
with	O
ZeroNet	B-Protocol
calling	O
Python	B-Language
by	O
JavaScript	B-Language
.	O
</s>
