Participate in decentralization

Participate in decentralization

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🛠️ 1. Run a Node: Become Part of the Backbone

Running a node strengthens the network and gives you more control.

✅ Video (Odysee / LBRY)

• Install the LBRY SDK on your VPS or desktop:
  https://github.com/lbryio/lbry-sdk
• It connects you directly to the network, allowing you to host content for others.
• This way you don’t rely on Odysee.com.

✅ File sharing (IPFS)

• Install IPFS:

  curl -O https://dist.ipfs.tech/go-ipfs/v0.21.0/go-ipfs_v0.21.0_linux-amd64.tar.gz
  tar -xvzf go-ipfs_v0.21.0_linux-amd64.tar.gz
  cd go-ipfs && sudo bash install.sh
  ipfs init
  ipfs daemon
  

• Add files:

  ipfs add myvideo.mp4
  

• Share them via IPFS hashes.

✅ Social (Mastodon / PeerTube)

• Set up a small Mastodon instance (federated Twitter alternative) or PeerTube instance (federated YouTube alternative).
• Both use ActivityPub and can federate with others.

✅ Search (SearXNG / YaCy)

• SearXNG: Meta-search pulling from Google, Bing, etc.

• YaCy: Truly decentralized. Install and contribute to the global index.

  wget https://yacy.net/release/yacy_v1.924_20230208_10004.tar.gz
  tar -xvzf yacy_v1.924*.tar.gz
  cd yacy
  ./startYACY.sh
  

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📝 2. Publish Content: Bypass Centralized Portals

You don’t need to use odysee.com, y0utube.com, or med!um.com to reach people.

✅ Video

• Use LBRY Desktop (or CLI) to publish directly to the network.
• Or upload to a PeerTube instance that federates to others.

✅ Articles / blogs

• Host on IPFS or Arweave (permanent storage).
• For social reach, post via Nostr or Mastodon instead of Twitter.

✅ Code/projects

• Mirror your GitHub repos to Codeberg (decentralized Git hosting) or host via IPFS.

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👀 3. Consume Content Without Central Portals

✅ Video

• Install LBRY Desktop and browse directly.
• Use PeerTube Explorer to find federated videos.

✅ Social

• Create an account on a Mastodon server or run your own.
• Explore Lemmy (Reddit-like federated community).

✅ Search

• Replace Google with:

  • SearXNG (meta search engine, self-hostable)
  • YaCy (p2p search engine)
  • Whoogle (G00g1e scraper with no tracking)

✅ Messaging

• Use Session or Briar for true p2p chat.
• Or join the Matrix network via Element.

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🗺️ Your Starter Path

Here’s a concrete “get started” path:

1. ✅ Spin up SearXNG or YaCy on your VPS.
2. ✅ Install IPFS locally, add a test file, and retrieve it from another device.
3. ✅ Download LBRY Desktop and publish a small video or document to the network.
4. ✅ Create accounts on Mastodon & Lemmy to experience federated social platforms.
5. ✅ Set up Element and join a Matrix room for decentralized chat.

Once you’ve done these, you’re already inside the decentralized world, not just looking in.

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Do you want me to:
✅ Build you a step-by-step deployment guide for all of these on your VPS (a “decentralized stack”)
✅ Or focus on one piece first (like a private SearXNG + IPFS + Matrix combo)?
✅ Or make you a diagram of how these tools link together (so you see the ecosystem flow)?

$ wget http://build.lbry.io/android/latest.apk -O lbry-android.apk
--2025-07-11 09:01:43-- http://build.lbry.io/android/latest.apk
Resolving build.lbry.io (build.lbry.io)... 2606:4700:3030::6815:5001, 2606:4700:3030::6815:3001, 2606:4700:3030::6815:1001, ...
Connecting to build.lbry.io (build.lbry.io)|2606:4700:3030::6815:5001|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 53310628 (51M) [application/vnd.android.package-archive]
Saving to: ‘lbry-android.apk’

lbry-android.apk 100%[================================================================>] 50.84M 32.3MB/s in 1.6s

2025-07-11 09:01:45 (32.3 MB/s) - ‘lbry-android.apk’ saved [53310628/53310628]

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