Add 20 year celebration blog post

i2p2www/blog/2021/08/26/20-Years-of-I2P.rst

+===========================================
+{% trans -%}I2P Celebrates it's 20th Year{%- endtrans %}
+===========================================
+
+.. meta::
+   :author: idk
+   :date: 2021-08-26
+   :category: general
+   :excerpt: {% trans %}I2P has been around for 20 years, let's take a look back{% endtrans %}
+
+{% trans -%}
+20 Years of I2P
+{%- endtrans %}
+============================================
+
+{% trans -%}
+It's hard to believe, but I2P has been around for nearly 20 years! From it's
+beginnging as a C project which provided anonymous access to IRC, we've had
+hundreds of contributors, accepted checkins from dozens of coders, used 2
+main languages, 3 version control systems, experienced a migration of it's
+crypography, and multiple soft-forks. There have been around 500 registered
+sites on the Invisible Web, and countless unregistered I2P sites that were only
+accessible via their cryptographic hostnames.
+{%- endtrans %}
+
+{% trans -%}
+Thanks to the participation of users like you, the network has grown from a tiny
+group of power users to over 75,000 nodes operated from all over the world,
+made of I2P routers bundled in perhaps dozens of applications. Today I2P is
+available in on Windows, Mac OSX, Linux, and has ports for FreeBSD, OpenBSD, and
+many other systems. I2P can run on phones and even in SOHO routers(thanks to the
+independent C++ implementation of the protocol, i2pd).
+{%- endtrans %}
+
+{% trans -%}
+A Routing Protocol with Flagship Applications
+{%- endtrans %}
+---------------------------------------------
+
+{% trans -%}
+Even before other anonymity projects were providing their own application
+bundles, I2P was a tool for building applications that were configured for
+anonymity. Over the years, we've leaned on this strength, by expanding our
+API's to support more and more versatile applications. Today, we're still
+developing new ways of building I2P into applications.
+{%- endtrans %}
+
+{% trans -%}
+Using the power of the Hidden Services Manager or the SAM API, developers of all
+kinds of applications can empower their users with anonymity using I2P. Exciting
+downstream projects like Monero's I2P-Zero have made it very easy for developers
+to help their users get connected to I2P. Today, I2P helps provide anonymity to
+dozens of applications including Bitcoin, IRC, email and multiple file-sharing
+protocols.
+{%- endtrans %}
+
+{% trans -%}
+An Anonymous Network By Everyone, For Everyone
+{%- endtrans %}
+----------------------------------------------
+
+{% trans -%}
+I2P has always been a decentralized network, because it's obvious that providing
+an anonymity network is an intrinsically collaborative process. To illustrate
+with the the most extreme example, a single computer user cannot provide itself
+with anonymity, nor can it be a useful network, by definiton. However, building
+I2P in this fully-decentralized manner hasn't always been easy.
+{%- endtrans %}
+
+{% trans -%}
+From the beginning, I2P would need to be scalable, and be able to balance itself
+so that  high-bandwidth nodes wouldn't be able to easily take over the network.
+Sybil attacks would leave the realm of academia and we would need to develop
+new defenses against them.
+{%- endtrans %}
+
+{% trans -%}
+We've worked very hard to never compromise on this stance, and today every I2P
+router helps participate in providing the network with bandwidth resources and
+providing the users with anonymity. In doing so, we've learned incredible things
+and produced a network which at times has seemed inconceivable.
+{%- endtrans %}
+
+{% trans -%}
+Celebrating I2P
+{%- endtrans %}
+---------------
+
+{% trans -%}
+Over the next 2 weeks, we've planned some blog posts where we'll explore the past,
+present, and future of I2P, highlight applications and tools that build on
+and enhance I2P, and showcase the best of our community. Check back here for
+more in the coming days!
+{%- endtrans %}
+
+* {% trans -%}Dependency-Free I2P of the Future - Jpackage Bundles and I2P-Zero(from Monero){%- endtrans %}
+* {% trans -%}Level-Up your I2P use with Encrypted LeaseSets{%- endtrans %}
+* {% trans -%}The History of I2P{%- endtrans %}
+* {% trans -%}Dividing the Triangle: How I2P Eases Naming and Increases Flexibility for End-Users{%- endtrans %}
+* {% trans -%}I2P's Usability Journey{%- endtrans %}
+* {% trans -%}Building Bridges - Making Connections with Other Privacy Projects{%- endtrans %}