About Us What & who makes us tick!

How It All Began

Spotnab was born from the need to share information between systems without reliance on a centralised service. In 2013 a software application called newznab required a way to share information between installations. The developer and Spotnab founder, who goes by the nickname 'l2g' subsequently invented a mechanism of posting and retrieving this information via usenet in an encrypted form. Later on a mechanism for 'auto discovery beacons' was added, which allows systems to discover the existence of other information providers.

The name

The name came from a combination of spotweb and newznab.

The Future

Using Spotnab it is now possible for any systems, in any language, on any platform to share information without the need for a central server, and we hope it will be extended to cover many uses it was never originally envisioned for.

Vital Stats Number of known Spotnab sources!

93
Total Known Sources
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Total Found Posts
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