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[–] gd42@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If it doesn't use servers, where is the content stored? Or stuff just disappears when a user whose computer used to serve the files is turned off?

It's BitTorrent. There are seeders.

I2P has servers to run websites, but they mean I2P itself has no central servers that control it, like Tor does.