Hi HN,I&#x27;m the creator of epress. After a lot of work, I&#x27;m excited (and a bit nervous) to finally share it with you.For years, I&#x27;ve been feeling like a digital tenant on the platforms I use every day. My content, my social graph, my online identity—they were all stored on someone else&#x27;s servers, subject to their rules, algorithms, and business models. I could be de-platformed, my data could be sold, or an API I relied on could suddenly be put behind a paywall.I looked into existing decentralized alternatives. While many are great projects, I found they often shifted the trust from a big corporation to a server admin (in federated models) or relied on a network of voluntary relays that could be unreliable or eventually charge fees. The fundamental dependency on third-party infrastructure remained.epress is my attempt at a solution, built on a simple, almost nostalgic principle: true ownership requires self-hosting.It&#x27;s a decentralized social network where:* You run your own node: Your node is your sovereign territory. All your data lives with you.* Your Ethereum address is your identity: We use EIP-4361 (Sign-In with Ethereum) for authentication. No more username&#x2F;password juggling.* There are no third-party dependencies: No relays, no hubs, no federated servers. Content is distributed peer-to-peer via a lightweight &quot;notify-pull&quot; protocol between nodes.* All content is verifiable: Every piece of public content is signed and bundled with a &quot;Proof of Source,&quot; a cryptographic receipt that proves who published what, and when.This project is heavily inspired by the spirit of the early internet, but built with modern technology to make self-hosting feasible and accessible again.It&#x27;s still early days, and there&#x27;s a long road ahead. To show you this is not just a demo, the code is now open source and we already have live nodes waiting for you to follow. The official project blog is at <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;epress.blog" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;epress.blog</a>, is an epress node, and you can also check out my personal node at <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;garbin.blog" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;garbin.blog</a>.I&#x27;m here all day to answer any questions and, more importantly, to listen to your feedback and critiques. For real-time support during setup or more immediate feedback, feel free to join our Telegram group: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;t.me&#x2F;+mZMgNSIVy1MwMmVl" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;t.me&#x2F;+mZMgNSIVy1MwMmVl</a>Whitepaper (for a deep dive): <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;epressworld&#x2F;epress&#x2F;blob&#x2F;main&#x2F;docs&#x2F;en&#x2F;WHITEPAPER.md" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;epressworld&#x2F;epress&#x2F;blob&#x2F;main&#x2F;docs&#x2F;en&#x2F;WHIT...</a>Video Demo: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;youtu.be&#x2F;BB1Zn3oFDVc" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;youtu.be&#x2F;BB1Zn3oFDVc</a>Thanks for taking the time to check it out.

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