It has been 20 years since the launch of development of the Invisible Internet Project (I2P) - most often described as an anonymous network layer. It reached a beta version, in which it technically remains, a year later, in 2003, although it is still under active development.
Coincidence or not, the development of I2P (originally "Invisible IRC Project," IIP) started around the time of the 9/11 attacks that marked the beginning of governments, particularly that in the US, starting to deploy mass online surveillance, which over time turned into a major threat to everyday internet users' security and privacy, all in the name of the "war on terror."
The driving idea behind I2P these days is to use tens of thousands of computers belonging to volunteers located around the globe to provide a secure decentralized, anonymous network, fully encrypting user traffic and using peer-to-peer (P2P) protocols to avoid attempts at censorship.
According to the project, it is developed with privacy and security by design - and in the last 20 years of the internet and people increasingly "moving" their lives online, that point has never been in more acute need of a solution.
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