description

README.md

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-# wayback backend
+# wayback
 
 
-a basic impl of wayback with skylinks and soon hns
+a basic impl of wayback with [Skynet](https://siasky.net/) and [HNS](https://www.namebase.io/)
+
+## storage
+
+All static (CSS, JS, HTML) content is uploaded to Skynet via a middleware layer (`application.py`) which is hosted on a server. HNS is used to manage both the record keeping of the historical state of URLs visited before and to use a more friendly URL to reference the sites and the website.
+
+## usage
+
+Visit the URL linked in this repo description and visit a site! If it's the first time the backend sees it, it will cache it for later retrieval.