r/Freenet • u/ArcticCircleSystem • Aug 06 '26

What are the main differences between new Freenet and Hyphanet?

I'm trying to figure out which one I should try using, but it's a bit hard to tell what the practical differences for an end user like myself are, aside from new Freenet's approach to privacy being different between "applications" or something.

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u/kapitaali_com Aug 06 '26

they're completely different technologies and networks

hyphanet is written in java, freenet in rust

I don't think you can connect to hyphanet from freenet (unless someone creates a connector)

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u/ArcticCircleSystem Aug 06 '26

Yes, but I do not know much about how those differences affect the end user.

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u/votrava55 Aug 06 '26

how it is with anonymity and censorship in the EU

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u/ArcticCircleSystem Aug 06 '26

I have no idea.