Project Goal:
HTTP3 is a decentralized web hosting platform that allows users to deploy simple, static websites directly to the blockchain, eliminating traditional hosting costs while ensuring permanent availability and censorship resistance. The platform leverages IPFS for content storage and smart contracts for metadata management, providing an intuitive and streamlined deployment process for developers and hobbyists to publish and maintain utility websites like calculators and converters without worrying about server management or recurring fees.
Key features of the project include:
Decentralized deployment of static websites to the blockchain
AI-powered website generation and deployment
User-friendly dashboard for managing deployed websites
Integration with IPFS and smart contracts for content storage and management
Instant preview and live editing capabilities
Analytics and visitor tracking for deployed websites
A decentralized search engine for indexing and discovering deployed websites
Example websites and templates to help users get started quickly
The project aims to democratize web hosting by making it accessible, cost-effective, and censorship-resistant, particularly for simple utility websites that might not generate revenue but provide value to users.
Project Value:
Decentralized Web Hosting: HTTP3 provides a platform for hosting static websites on the blockchain, eliminating traditional hosting costs and ensuring permanent availability.
Censorship Resistance: By leveraging blockchain technology, the platform offers censorship-resistant hosting, protecting content from unauthorized removal or alteration.
Simplified Deployment: The platform offers an intuitive user interface for deploying websites, making it accessible to developers of all skill levels.
AI-Powered Website Generation: HTTP3 includes an AI website generator that can create and deploy websites based on user prompts, streamlining the website creation process.
Live Preview and Editing: Developers can see real-time previews of their websites and make instant edits, improving the development workflow.
Decentralized Content Delivery Network (CDN): The platform includes a decentralized CDN, enhancing content delivery speed and reliability.
Integrated Search Engine: HTTP3 features a built-in search engine for discovering websites hosted on the platform, improving discoverability.
Analytics and Monitoring: The dashboard provides traffic analytics and uptime monitoring for hosted websites.
Cost-Effective: By eliminating ongoing hosting fees, HTTP3 makes it economically viable to host simple, utility websites that might not generate revenue but provide value to users.
Future-Proof Hosting: By storing content on IPFS and metadata on the blockchain, HTTP3 ensures long-term accessibility of hosted websites.
Project Website: https://htt3.netlify.app/ Project Details:
HTTP3 is a decentralized web hosting platform that leverages blockchain technology and IPFS to provide censorship-resistant, permanent hosting for static websites. The platform is specifically designed to cater to developers and hobbyists who create simple utility websites like calculators and converters, eliminating traditional hosting costs and technical barriers. By deploying websites directly to the blockchain, HTTP3 ensures continuous availability and data integrity without the need for centralized servers or complex infrastructure management.
The platform offers a user-friendly dashboard where users can easily deploy, manage, and monitor their websites. Key features include an AI-powered website generator for quick content creation, a live preview and editing interface, and a decentralized search engine for discovering hosted websites. HTTP3 also provides analytics for tracking website performance and visitor data. With its integration of smart contracts and a decentralized content delivery network, HTTP3 not only simplifies web hosting but also opens up new possibilities for web3 integration and enhanced content delivery. This innovative approach to web hosting democratizes internet presence, making it accessible and affordable for everyone while contributing to a more open and resilient web ecosystem
Welcome to season 7
After studying your project I can say the idea of decentralizing web hosting and making it accessible to everyone is a significant step towards a more equitable and censorship-resistant internet.
In all I’m excited to see how your project involves and the impact it could have on the future of web hosting.
But there’s a questions I have about HTTP3
How do you plan to ensure that the platform can handle a large number of deployed websites and users without compromising performance or security.
For now, HTTP3 is focusing on simple utility applications like calculators, to-do apps, and similar tools, which are lightweight and easy to manage. In the future, we plan to scale by incorporating load balancing and caching mechanisms to distribute traffic efficiently. By leveraging IPFS for decentralized storage, HTTP3 ensures fast, scalable, and optimized content delivery across a network of nodes.
Welcome to hackaTron S7. I see that this project is for developers who want to deploy their website to the blockchain. How then do you plan to attract these developers and onboard them into your platform?
For websites larger than 40KB, HTTP3 will charge a small transaction fee to cover the additional storage and blockchain interaction costs. Simple utility websites like calculators and to-do apps can be deployed with minimal fees, especially on networks like BTTC, where gas fees are low.
We plan to attract developers by offering a simple, user-friendly dashboard for seamless blockchain deployment, supported by tutorials and an AI-powered website generator to make the process easy. Moreover, we’ll engage with the developer community through forums.
Welcome to Hackathon Season 7. Hmm, a solution to decentralized web hosting by integrating blockchain technology and IPFS for static websites, eliminating traditional hosting fees and ensuring censorship resistance, sounds outrightly innovative.
How does the AI-powered website generation work in terms of customization?
We’ve developed a method to update running websites on IPFS without changing the URL, and with our AI-powered solution, users can customize any website of their choice simply by providing prompts.
Thanks for your question! Since this is an MVP, we are currently focusing on basic utility apps like calculators, but in the future, we plan to scale by adding more IPFS nodes to support complex websites like those built with React and Angular.
How does the AI-powered website generator enhance the content creation process for users on the HTTP3 platform?
In what ways does HTTP3’s integration of smart contracts and a decentralized content delivery network improve web hosting services compared to traditional methods?
What analytics features does HTTP3 offer to help users track website performance and visitor data, and why are these insights important for website management?
oh I am learning new things, I thought I was going to see websites like forum.trondao.org but i realized now you are working on calculators and some other things… I want to know if such websites can hosted on this platform?
That’s fantastic progress! The ability to update websites on IPFS without changing the URL is a game-changer for maintaining consistent access plus the AI-powered customization adds an impressive layer of flexibility for users to create or modify websites with ease.
As updates are made to these websites without changing URLs, how do you plan to handle dynamic data like user submissions or forms?
Welcome to hackathon S7, this is nice that you are creating a decentralised web hosting platform that allows users to deploy and manage static website directly on Blockchain.
Are they any support and assistance to developers and hobbyists who encounter issues or need help?
The AI-powered website generator on HTTP3 simplifies content creation by allowing users to generate and deploy websites based on prompts, making the process faster and more accessible for non-technical users.
and also HTTP3 offers analytics features like visitor data tracking providing critical insights that help users optimize website performance.
Yeah, in the future we will be able to host complex websites like forum.tron.org, especially as more nodes join our custom network. For now, we’re focusing on hobbyists and people who want to build simple utility apps, but this is just the beginning of something huge in the web3 ecosystem.
Thanks for your question! Form data can be added to basic HTML and submitted to a server, and it works as long as everything is contained in a single HTML file. In future updates, we plan to expand by getting more nodes on our network, enabling us to host complete React, Angular, or any modern websites built with these frameworks.
yeah, developers can create issues on our GitHub and the team will attend to them. However, as the community grows, we will create a forum and online communities on Discord to attend to these issues and build a stronger ecosystem.
Alright thank you for your response, it sound great you have discord in mind, will you host an AMA session (ask me anything) which will gives room for users to ask questions directly with the founder instead of just teams members?