Utilizing a websocket proxy on the loopback doesn't mean you host anything, it just means that you access the content via a locally 'hosted' reverse proxy. At best it is operating a local web cache to keep you from downloading the same content more than once per whatever interval is set on the content.
Exiting over tor is cool, is there a way to 'see' it doing this, or would I need to be running an upstream layer-7 inspection service to validate the requests are not leaking out further than expected?
I don't know how to view Tor traffic through my machine but the sites are locally hosted, I run it off an SD card because it takes up too much hard drive space. When you open the zeronet folder you can view the content for every site you view and manually delete it that way if you want. It uses a short bitcoin style hash between a private and public key to determine the owner of the website. The websites are downloaded through a bit torrent system. There are down sides there are a lot of fuckers that try to share CP on there, so using blocklists is important.
I think that's one of the big downsides of blockchain, the automated quorum allows CP and other bullshit to sink in.
I've been pondering the idea for a while: If poal, for example, had an approval system that was crowd sourced, you could require submissions to have X number of approved voters. Voters could have a public record, and voters who vote for shit like CP could have their voting rights suspended.
Voting to allow legal content in could add voting power, voting to add illegal content could result in an outright ban.
Posting new content could require perhaps a set number of successful votes for new posters.
Similar tactics could be employed to allow new blocks onto blockchains, preventing some level of abuse from spammers, the glow niggers, etc.
I really like Zeronet because it doesn't require much infrastructure or hosting costs. If a dedicated site is made there some thought into these types of rules should be put in. The site I made is text only because I didn't want to have to moderate the site from that type of thing. I started using it after 8chan got taken down and after Voat went down it seemed like the best place to create a permanent bunker.
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