54 copies each published site to nodes that people run on their own devices, checks every copy against its SHA-256 fingerprint, rewards the nodes with Lust, uses Lust for voting, and lets you ask 54 to stop keeping your site while the network serves it.
Everything on the internet lives with somebody, and that somebody can raise prices, change the rules or go under. 54 is building the alternative inside the product you already use: any account can turn its device into a node, nodes keep verified copies of published sites, and a visitor who has been to a site before can load it from the nodes even when 54 is down.
| Ordinary hosting | 54 | |
|---|---|---|
| Who keeps your site | One company | 54 plus nodes run by people, two copies per site |
| How a copy is trusted | You trust the host | Each copy is checked against the fingerprint the platform computed |
| If the origin goes down | The site is down | A returning visitor can load it from the nodes |
| Leaving | An export request | Download everything, or ask 54 to stop keeping it |
| Who decides | The company | Votes weighted by Lust, the reward nodes earn |
Written from each product's public documentation. Products change: check theirs before you decide. No prices here for the same reason.
An account that lets its device keep copies of published sites. The platform confirms each copy by its SHA-256 fingerprint.
The reward for keeping copies. It is earned per block by nodes with verified copies, and it is used to vote.
No, but today the first visit has to happen while 54 is running; after that the browser knows how to reach the nodes.
Reading works from the nodes; writing still goes through 54.
Yes. 54 keeps only the fingerprint and the network serves it; you can bring it back from a node later.
No. Serving, verifying and rewarding work today; more of the network is in progress, and this page says what is and what is not.