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Urbit

Urbit is a personal-server operating system, peer-to-peer network, and decentralized identity standard. It enables users to self-host private, user-controlled nodes and build or use software on an encrypted peer-to-peer network.
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Urbit provides Urbit OS, an open-source and purely functional personal-server operating system designed to run on Unix-connected cloud servers, laptops, and home computers. Each user can operate an individual node and connect directly with others over an end-to-end encrypted peer-to-peer network. Urbit also provides Urbit ID, a cryptographically controlled identity and address system; its Azimuth segment is owned on Ethereum as ERC-721 NFTs, with Layer 2 support. The project serves self-hosted users and developers through setup guides, documentation, courses, APIs, and language references for Hoon and Nock.