BitTorrent has just launched its own peer to peer program tourς σαν μια δημόσια beta. Η BitTorrent ανακοίνωσε την άλφα έκδοση του προγράμματος browsing, known as Project Maelstrom, last December. 
The Project Maelstrom it uses the same protocols that torrents use customers για να τρέξουν ένα πρόγραμμα περιήγησης που μπορεί να τραβήξει το περιεχόμενο του από τα προγράμματα περιήγησης άλλων χρηστών και όχι από κάποιο web server. Είναι μια στρατηγική που μπορεί να είναι πολύ χρήσιμη για ιστοσελίδες όπως το Pirate Bay, το οποίο έχει συνεχώς νομικά προβλήματα, που έχουν σαν αποτέλεσμα την κατάσχεση των server φιλοξενίας. Με το Project Maelstrom σε περίπτωση επιδρομής από τις αρχές, η ιστοσελίδα θα εξακολουθήσει να είναι διαθέσιμη μέσω των browsers άλλων χρηστών.
The Project Maelstrom browser is based on the open version of Chrome and can be used to access regular HTTP webpages, alongside webpages distributed by the BitTorrent P2P protocol.
According to BitTorrent, the browser is a way to make the Internet more open, as it protects web pages from the "guards" of the Internet.
"We believe that this Project Maelstrom has the potential to help address some of the most frustrating issues facing the Internet today. How can we keep the Internet open? How can we keep Internet access neutral? How can we better secure our private data from the abuse of big companies? How can we help distribute content? Says BitTorrent.
According to BitTorrent, for the alpha version of the browser, 10.000 developers and 3.500 publishers have already been involved. Along with the beta version, BitTorrent also distributes a new set of development tools for anyone interested. Tools support creation and seeding torrent files that contain static web pages.
"The developers tool for development will help you create Project Maelstrom easily, even from the command line," the company notes.
Among the tools there is a generator that will make the web site files a torrent for the browser. Publishers can seed the torrent from a client, such as BitTorrent, while user browsers can access the content from a magnet link.
The beta browser is currently only available for Windows, and as the company mentions we will soon have a version for Mac.
