BitTorrent embarks on web browser Project Maelstrom

On a mission to make the Internet more open, a BitTorrent browser, "Project Maelstrom," is in invite-only alpha. The BitTorrent blog on Wednesday posted "an invite-only Alpha to help build the distributed web." This is to be a browser designed to power a way for web content to be published, accessed and consumed. BitTorrent, the company based in San Francisco, carries a forceful mission statement, "to build a better Internet. To work with people, industries and nations to create better ways to move information. Better ways for creators to make money. New ways for fans to engage, on their terms. Ways to sustain the stuff we share. The Internet promised us this much. And we promise to make good on it."

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