You can download the latest version for Windows or Ubuntu from the official website: The best way that I can describe this software is that it is like a cross between a digital wallet and an internet browser. In order to access and use FAI, all you need to do is to download the client software. There is even a built-in decentralized marketplace to buy and sell products with other users. The FAI team just call it the ‘next generation internet’.įAI comes with its own digital currency based on the Bitcoin code, but also enables its users to publish their own media content and to browse content posted by others in complete privacy – without anybody being able to spy on what you are doing.
Some people call this kind of thing ‘web 3.0’ to denote the continued progression from broadcast style sites on web 1.0, to the peer-to-peer communication and user-driven content of social networking giants in web 2.0, to the kind of user-driven platforms and P2P protocols which now seem likely to drive the next big internet revolution. The Free Anonymous Internet project, or FAI for short, is a decentralized ‘deep web’ service that is using blockchain technology to create a private, secure, peer-to-peer alternative to the regular world wide web.
This article is kinda old, you might also be interested in how to browse the deep web anonymously and how to buy stuff on the dark net.