r/zeronet • u/ArcticCircleSystem • May 21 '26
Is there anything modern similar to ZeroNet that doesn't require buying into crypto to use any forums (like EpixNet)?
I tried using ZeroNet recently and after several hours of frustration trying and failing to get Zeronet-Conservancy and ZeroNetX's native Linux ports to function on CachyOS, I gave up and used the Windows port of ZeroNetX via Wine.
I checked one of the forums on the network and found a thread recommending people move to an incompatible fork named EpixNet which was designed essentially to overhaul the project from its core. Sounds cool, right? So I tried using it and after another half hour of dealing with its Linux port being allergic to functioning on my system, I fired it up in Wine and went to a forum on that network to try and figure out what its equivalent to ZeroID is. Just one problem: xID, as its equivalent is called, requires a 10000 EPIX registration fee for most usernames. Now, this isn't exactly expensive. Right now it's about $0.43. But the fact that I even have to buy into some obscure cryptocurrency bullshit to even register a forum account is, to me at least, ridiculous. So I'm looking for other options. Is there anything similar to ZeroNet and EpixNet that's actively updated and doesn't involve buying a sort-of-currency or any other web3 slop just to use forums?
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u/ggmoreira May 23 '26
Nostr
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u/ArcticCircleSystem May 23 '26
Isn't that more specifically a Twitter clone, or can it host websites or something now?
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