https://n2usenet.virebent.art is out
From
Gabx@victor@virebent.invalid to
misc.test on Mon Aug 3 15:11:54 2026
From Newsgroup: misc.test
n2usenet.virebent.art is a small web gateway for posting to Usenet
without a local news client.
Beyond the basic post form, it has a pseudonymous identity system built
to stop impersonation: generate an Ed25519 keypair entirely client-side (nothing leaves your browser), save it as a portable JSON file, and
reload it on any device.
Every post you send while using that identity carries an
X-Ed25519-Pub/-Sig pair signing the body, plus a Face: header, a 48x48 base64-encoded PNG identicon deterministically derived from username +
email + your public key.
The point: same key, same identicon, every time.
Anyone can visually verify post-to-post continuity of a handle without a central authority, and nobody can forge your identicon without also
forging your signature.
Optional SHA256 fingerprint of the identity string is shown alongside it
for exact verification.
On the transport side, the web server itself keeps no logs, and outbound delivery is routed through the Nym mixnet, so anonymity doesn't rely on trusting us, it's a property of the infrastructure.
Posting is anti-spam gated with hashcash PoW client-side before
submission.
Best regards
Gabx
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