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Dat is a new peer-to-peer protocol that uses some of the concepts of BitTorrent and Git. Dat primarily targets researchers and open-data activists as it is a great tool for sharing, archiving, and cataloging large data sets. But it can also be used to implement decentralized web applications in a novel way.