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Decentralized Tachyon VPN now has 250,000 users worldwide
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Updated onMarch 5, 2021
updated onMarch 5, 2021
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Blockchain-based ecosystem, Tachyon, has now 250,000 people using it’sVPNdecentralized system, according to theirTachyon Protocol Weekly Report.
More than 100,000 global users joined TachyonVPNin only one week and their own prediction over that fulminant growth is that they expect to reach one million users in July.
According to theirWeekly Report,they are now accelerating the integration of the IPX Staking System to TachyonVPN:
IPX will build the world’s first million scale traffic marketplace on a decentralized network powered by Tachyon Protocol.
Decentralized VPN could be the future
Decentralized internet was the business model of the blockchain startups until recently, but the(centralized)VPNservice provider X-VPNchanged all that with their TachyonNetwork, a blockchain-based decentralizedinternet protocol.
All that was built in association with V SYSTEMS, a blockchain infrastructure provider that has the main focus on database and cloud services.
With X-VPNbeing considered to be one of themore popularcentralizedVPNservice providers out there, there is no wonder that Tachyon got to be such a successful decentralizedVPNsystem in such a short time.
The secret formula of success might be that the TachyonVPNcombines the features of blockchain,User Datagram Protocol (UDP), Distributed Hash Table (DHT), and cryptographic encryption, as described in theirwhitepaperpublished in late September.
What is the difference between centralized and decentralized VPN?
VPNis an acronym for Virtual Private Network and its role is to extends a private network across a public network. In other words, you can send and receive data across shared or public networks. It’s almost as if your device has a direct connection to the private network.
Initially,VPNtechnology was created to enables remote users and branch offices to access corporate applications and resources securely.
AVPNis like a direct tunnel between two messages, making sure that they are safe from the internet service provider. They are protected from the middleman. Also, aVPNwill provide you with a different IP address. From an outside onlooker, you will appear as using the Internet from a different geographical location.
So if you want to access websites in certain countries that are censored or unavailable, you can bypass that using aVPN.
The problem with centralizedVPNis that the hosts of more traditionalVPNservers are centralized companies. And often, these servers are under the control of a commercial entity that charges for subscriptions and they sell data and bandwidth. You see where we’re getting at, right?
A decentralized and blockchain-basedVPNis not controlled from a single point. The system is naturally impartial and comparatively more secure because it’s not controlled by a single entity. A decentralizedVPNbrings together the traffic of numerous computers and communicate using apeer-to-peersystem.
So each computer functions like some sort of a server. And the help fromblockchain technologyenables the nodes to make decisions that will have an impact on theVPN. In other words, it is very difficult to hack a decentralizedVPN.
Anyhow, Tachyon asked us toPlease stay tuned!and that’s what we’re about to do next, to watch the interesting evolution of the decentralizedVPNs.
Claudiu Andone
Windows Toubleshooting Expert
Oldtimer in the tech and science press, Claudiu is focused on whatever comes new from Microsoft.
His abrupt interest in computers started when he saw the first Home Computer as a kid. However, his passion for Windows and everything related became obvious when he became a sys admin in a computer science high school.
With 14 years of experience in writing about everything there is to know about science and technology, Claudiu also likes rock music, chilling in the garden, and Star Wars. May the force be with you, always!
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Claudiu Andone
Windows Toubleshooting Expert
Oldtimer in the tech and science press, with 14 years of experience in writing on everything there is to know about science, technology, and Microsoft
