>what are your thoughts on the BetaNet project?
When I first read the spec for it, it felt woefully incomplete. Mostly a set of features without a high level description of how it integrates with existing technology. A few days later, I checked the GitHub repository for organizing it all and saw a pull request that replaced the readme with a much more clear cut description of how BetaNet works. It is very similar to IPFS and other peer-to-peer distribution networks, but with some additional features bolted on like post-quantum encryption standards.
I would note that it is already possible to host static websites on IPFS. HTML, JavaScript, CSS... if that's all you need, then either IPFS or the proposed BetaNet would suffice at distributing web content. The problem is that neither system supports websites that need a backend. You cannot distribute a web application backend to anyone who wants it. Which means you can't use it to host, for instance, a web forum. Anything with a continually updating database. Anything that uses user credentials. It feels like an incremental improvement onto peer-to-peer file sharing, rather than a general purpose solution to censorship.
But that's just my two cents. Perhaps the project may evolve further into something more given enough discussion on it.