DECENTRALIZATION OF WEB HOSTING USING BLOCK CHAIN

Abstract

The decentralized solution for web hosting is based on interplanetary file system (IPFS) and Ethereum
blockchain. Particularly, we use Ethereum smart contracts to manage the IPFS network and the web
hosting service. IPFS platform is used to store data and to host websites. All storage miner nodes on the
IPFS network offer the pinning service to ensure that source codes of the websites and users' data are
retained long-term. Moreover, these nodes also enable the interplanetary name space (IPNS) service for
creating and updating mutable links to IPFS contents.TXT record is also used in the domain name system
(DNS) to map domain names to IPNS addresses for hosted websites. For privacy-preserving data storage,
websites need to be deployed an encryption algorithm. The proposed model combines the IPFS and block
chain networks to form a platform providing decentralized web hosting service. Experiment illustrates
building and hosting a web application on the IPFS network. Experimental results show that, compared to
the traditional web hosting model, the hosted web application on the proposed platform ensures
confidentiality, integrity, and availability