{"id":68271,"date":"2022-10-07T17:47:59","date_gmt":"2022-10-07T14:47:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=68271"},"modified":"2025-09-07T13:13:43","modified_gmt":"2025-09-07T10:13:43","slug":"crypto-developer-proposes-solution-to-access-dapps-without-censorship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/crypto-developer-proposes-solution-to-access-dapps-without-censorship\/","title":{"rendered":"Crypto developer proposes solution to access dapps without censorship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former Synthetix DeFi protocol developer Liam Zebedee unveiled a solution to access restricted decentralized applications (dapps) <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.news\/ethereum-mikser-tornado-cash-popal-pod-sanktsii-ssha\/\">\u0432\u0440\u043e\u0434\u0435 Tornado Cash<\/a>, bypassing censorship.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Has OFAC violated your rights?<br \/>You may be entitled to decentralization<\/p>\n<p>\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026..<\/p>\n<p>Introducing Dappnet \ud83c\udf78 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dh6FqXkLjc\">pic.twitter.com\/dh6FqXkLjc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Liam (@liamzebedee) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/liamzebedee\/status\/1578127982173908992?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 6, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>According to him, the problem is that the external interfaces of applications interact with users through a centralized <span data-descr=\"Domain Name System (DNS), the domain-name system\" class=\"old_tooltip\">DNS<\/span> and servers.<\/p>\n<p>The Dappnet solution from Lebedi uses the decentralized file system <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/ipfs-versus-http-the-future-of-a-decentralised-internet\">InterPlanetary File System (IPFS)<\/a> and the domain-name service <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/what-is-the-ethereum-name-service-ens\">Ethereum Name Service<\/a> (ENS).<\/p>\n<p>The Dappnet client integrates into the browser and establishes P2P connections in a BitTorrent-like style. Users do not need to configure anything. If the responding node is blocked, another will always be found to take its place, the developer explained.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">So I straight hyperfocused and built it<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s a demo of Dappnet in action- <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pIQyKU9lRq\">pic.twitter.com\/pIQyKU9lRq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Liam (@liamzebedee) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/liamzebedee\/status\/1578128144967471104?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 6, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u00abWe can finally have a place on the Internet that cannot be taken away from us; it does not rely on a single owner dictating what is allowed\u00bb, he wrote.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>According to Lebedi, for broad adoption his solution requires a number of improvements, mainly on the IPFS side. Deployment of a node needs to be simplified, development tools improved, and something like an accelerator for content distribution should be created, he noted.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u00abThis should be one click to visit applications deployed on .eth. You connect to ENS, GitHub, pay the decentralized IPFS accelerator and boom \u2014 your dapp is available worldwide\u00bb,<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>On August 8 <span data-descr=\"Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), U.S. Department of the Treasury\" class=\"old_tooltip\">OFAC<\/span> added the Tornado Cash site to the sanctions list, along with related 39 Ethereum and 6 USDC addresses for suspected money laundering of more than $7 billion.<\/p>\n<p>Kraken CEO Jesse Powell called the restrictions against Tornado Cash <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/kraken-ceo-calls-sanctions-against-tornado-cash-unconstitutional\">unconstitutional<\/a>, and TRM Labs analysts \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/trm-labs-says-sanctions-on-tornado-cash-pose-a-compliance-challenge\">a compliance challenge<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Criticism also came from U.S. Representative Tom Emmer. In his view, the restrictions on the mixer <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/us-congressman-describes-tornado-cash-sanctions-as-unprecedented\">threaten privacy and innovation<\/a>. He <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/u-s-congressman-demands-explanations-from-janet-yellen-over-tornado-cash\">called on U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen<\/a> to explain OFAC&#8217;s actions.<\/p>\n<p>Follow ForkLog&#8217;s Bitcoin news in our <a href=\"https:\/\/telegram.me\/forklog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Telegram<\/a> \u2014 cryptocurrency news, rates and analysis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Synthetix DeFi protocol developer Liam Zebedee unveiled a solution to access restricted decentralized applications (dapps) like Tornado Cash, bypassing censorship.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":68272,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[39,73,1385,1418],"class_list":["post-68271","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-censorship","tag-dapps","tag-ethereum-name-service","tag-ipfs"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"17","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68271","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68271"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68271\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":68273,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68271\/revisions\/68273"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68272"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68271"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68271"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68271"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}