nkn VS surge

Compare nkn vs surge and see what are their differences.

surge

Surge is a p2p filesharing app designed to utilize blockchain technologies to enable 100% anonymous file transfers. Surge is end-to-end encrypted, decentralized and open source. (by rule110-io)
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nkn surge
4 2
471 411
1.1% 0.5%
5.4 1.7
2 days ago 11 months ago
Go Go
Apache License 2.0 Apache License 2.0
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nkn

Posts with mentions or reviews of nkn. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects.

surge

Posts with mentions or reviews of surge. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects.
  • Surge v1.1.0 release
    1 project | /r/SurgeP2P | 19 Oct 2022
    From the GitHub pages (https://github.com/rule110-io/surge) it explains better the app is using a blockchain technology for the anonymous network connections(NKN blockchain network, https://github.com/nknorg, https://nkn.org/), does this mean that every connection get stored permanently in the blockchain and stays anonymous only until it doesn't eventually get cracked? The blockchain features states a novel "Proof-of-relay" feature:
  • getsurge.io P2P via blockchain
    1 project | /r/CKsTechNews | 25 Oct 2021

What are some alternatives?

When comparing nkn and surge you can also consider the following projects:

go-spacemesh - Go Implementation of the Spacemesh protocol full node. 💾⏰💪

berty - Berty is a secure peer-to-peer messaging app that works with or without internet access, cellular data or trust in the network

space-daemon - The Space Daemon packages together IPFS, Textile Threads/Buckets, and Textile Powergate (Filecoin*) into one easy to install Daemon to make it easy to build peer to peer and privacy focused apps.

Torlin - Makes your browsing private using the Tor network.

iotex-core - Official implementation of IoTeX blockchain protocol in Go.

coyim - coyim - a safe and secure chat client

cyber-giftonomy - Self-organized P2P gift economy community

mercury-blockchain - blockchain from scratch in Go

torrent - Full-featured BitTorrent client package and utilities

cruzbit - A simple decentralized peer-to-peer ledger implementation

go-p2p - Message-Based P2P Networking Library

CovenantSQL - A decentralized, trusted, high performance, SQL database with blockchain features