What is Cloudflare?
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If someone requests data from a computer, they might be physically far away from it, which
slows
it
down to travel so
far. Another problem is that an attacker can send many requests to overwhelm the computer
and
shut
down the service.
This is called DDoS, or Distributed Denial of Service.
To solve both the speed and DDoS problems, many websites use what’s called a Content
Delivery
Network. And the most
popular ones are Cloudflare, Amazon, and Google. With a CDN, the company has their computers
all
around the world, and
they serve the websites on your behalf.
There are a number of negative effects of this including a huge loss of privacy, as
Cloudflare
is
seeing all content,
logging all the IP addresses with a trust score, browser fingerprinting, and breaking SSL
encryption.
Instead of all that, Arweave has decentralized gateways all around the world. Not only does
this
offer amazing privacy
for the end-viewer, but they also have more control over where and how to view content. In
fact,
you
can even self-host
someone else’s website with your own gateway.
How does our site differ from Odysee?
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Odysee is a centralized website on Cloudflare, that masquerades as censorship
resistance.
It’s
like
wearing a condom
while watching porn, and then claiming you’re not a virgin. The fact that their backend
may
store
some
data on Arweave is irrelevant if
Odysee can completely censor users, and Cloudflare oversees all data. When users use
Odysee,
they
don't
need Arweave coins, pick gateways, or follow Arweave wallets or domains.
In sharp contrast, our website
and design service empowers users to defy corrupt tyrannys and transcend physical
locations.
Only by
actually interacting with the real protocol, can users get the full benefits of privacy
and
censorship
resistance.
How much does it cost?
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Please see the "how" section for how to comment or subscribe. To view videos is free.
But to reply, posting a tiny amount of text to Arweave
costs
the
equivalent
of a penny if measured in US dollars.
However, we require a one-time membership fee to combat spam and help defray the
costs of
video
uploads. At this time, our fee is 1 AR, which is roughly $5.
How do I get my own website on Arweave?
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Simplified Privacy offers a design service and an app (called ArWeb) to streamline
this process.
Please
reach out. See
This Link
Can my comments to your videos be blocked?
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Yes, the website creator is the administrator of what content is allowed. Keep the
conversation relevant, productive, and away from illegal content such as CSAM or drugs.
How do Arweave Domains work?
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The ArNS domain is a subdomain on the gateway. So in this case, the domain "Shadow" is
put
before the gateway. For example the gateway "arweaveblock.com" in Germany, would be
"shadow.arweaveblock.com"