Freenet Relaunches Decentralized Browser Web

Freenet's new generation network runs WebAssembly‑based contracts across a peer‑to‑peer 'small‑world' overlay, letting applications execute directly on the network without centralized servers. The first app, River, is a decentralized group chat accessible through a normal web browser, shifting Freenet from a distributed file store to a decentralized computing platform. — If widely adopted, browser‑accessible decentralized computing could undermine centralized platform moderation, complicate law enforcement requests, and create new, harder‑to‑censor public spheres.