  In April 2015, BitTorrent Inc. released their distributed peer-to-peer
powered browser, Project Maelstrom, into public beta. The browser facilitates a
new alternative website distribution paradigm to the traditional HTTP-based,
client-server model. This decentralised web is powered by each of the visitors
accessing each Maelstrom hosted website. Each user shares their copy of the
website's source code and multimedia content with new visitors. As a result, a
Maelstrom hosted website cannot be taken offline by law enforcement or any
other parties. Due to this open distribution model, a number of interesting
censorship, security and privacy considerations are raised. This paper explores
the application, its protocol, sharing Maelstrom content and its new visitor
powered "web-hosting" paradigm.
