The Web3Approved initiative offers free decentralized hosting for 100 years

The initiative is a joint effort of Apillon and Crust Network, inviting Web3 players to practice what they preach.

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Jun 14, 2023 • 4 min read

· Let’s walk the Web3 walk
· Why join the Web3Approved initiative?
· How does this set-and-forget technology work?
· How to join Web3Approved?

If you’re familiar with Apillon’s mission and vision, you know we’re all about making the transition to a Web3 sphere faster, smoother, and cheaper for all participants.

Speaking of boosting the broader adoption of Web3 technologies and decentralizing operations within the Web3 ecosystem, decentralized hosting is an excellent first step to take on this journey.

And since every movement can always use a (free) jumpstart or two, we’ve now joined forces with Crust Network, a decentralized cloud storage provider, to add our block to the Web3 adoption process — by offering free IPFS hosting services for projects and websites.

Let’s walk the Web3 walk

In light of being a Web3 service provider that promotes, provides, and adopts decentralized features whenever appropriate, Apillon migrated the apillon.io website to Web3-based hosting a while back.

We moved our website from AWS to a decentralized network of hosting servers using the Apillon Web3 Hosting service, powered by IPFS and Crust Network. Living by our values is essential to us, and we wanted to set an example and inspire others to make their websites unstoppable and reap the benefits of decentralized hosting.

Enter the Web3Approved initiative that was inspired by best practice examples from the ecosystem, including Polkadot, Uniswap, and Aave.

Why join the Web3Approved initiative?

The Web3Approved program provides the first 100 projects that join with free decentralized hosting for their websites for the next 100 years.

Decentralized or Web3-based website hosting means that web files get stored on a decentralized network of nodes instead of a centralized, single point-of-access (or failure) server. This manner of website hosting is associated with a range of benefits compared to central hosting solutions, including:

Multiple replications of web files on a network of thousands of participating servers guarantee that a website or app remains accessible even during service outages of individual servers, ensuring its continuous uptime.
Without a centralized hosting services provider, no single entity can cut access to your website, destroy its storage, or tamper and manipulate your website files. Hence, making your website censorship-resistant and fully immutable.
No unauthorized party can access your website information, increasing security and privacy.
Get a verification badge to show your website visitors that your project’s website is unstoppable.

How does this set-and-forget technology work?

IPFS

In a nutshell, IPFS splits the uploaded files into smaller chunks and creates cryptographic hashes. It also receives a unique fingerprint called a content identifier (CID), which acts as a permanent record of your file as it is at that point in time.

If you want to know more about how IPFS and the Web3 Hosting service on the Apillon platform works, you can read more about it here.:point_down:

How to join Web3Approved?

Joining the Web3Approved program and onboarding your website to Web3 hosting is done via a simple GitHub action.

First, you need to host your static website on IPFS. You can do this on the Apillon platform or using Crust Network. You’re also free to choose any other provider.
After your website is hosted on IPFS, you can acquire your IPFS URL. You can find Apillon’s IPFS website link here.
Create a pull request for this Git and include your address.
You’re now ready to use GitHub Actions to set up automatic deployment.

Once you’ve completed all the steps, the name of your project will automatically be added to the list of all the Web3Approved adopters.

Congratulations, you’ve just made your website unstoppable! You’re now ready to reap all the benefits of decentralized hosting free of charge for the next 100 years.

Web3Approved

Web3Approved is a joint initiative, launched by Apillon and Crust Network, to help boost wider adoption of Web3 technologies by offering free decentralized hosting for projects and websites via IPFS hosting services.

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⧓ About Apillon

The Apillon platform serves as a unified gateway to the Web3 services provided by linked Polkadot parachains. Following the multi-chain vision, Apillon powers the transition of developers to Web3, simplifying its adoption in the real economy, and expanding its versatility as the ecosystem grows. With Apillon, Web3 services are within reach for every developer, regardless of their background and experience with blockchain technology.