This is inaccurate, Freenet has very little to do with blockchain/cryptocurrency and it's not "paid" - it's 100% open source like previous versions of Freenet.
You may be thinking of "ghost keys" which aren't strictly part of the new Freenet but are complementary to it. You can find out more about ghost keys here: https://freenet.org/news/introducing-ghost-keys/
Freenet's FAQ explains which name applies to what and who is working on what.
Basically Ian Clarke (Freenet's founder) started a new project called Locutus, whilst the original codebase/architecture continued under the Freenet name.
At a later date, Locutus changed its name to Freenet, whilst the original Freenet changed its name to Hyphanet.
Summary: If today you want to go with the original Freenet code/architecture, use Hyphanet. If today you want to go with the original Freenet founder, use Freenet.
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[ 3.1 ms ] story [ 47.1 ms ] threadI had forgotten about that. How was the new Freenet different?
You may be thinking of "ghost keys" which aren't strictly part of the new Freenet but are complementary to it. You can find out more about ghost keys here: https://freenet.org/news/introducing-ghost-keys/
Basically Ian Clarke (Freenet's founder) started a new project called Locutus, whilst the original codebase/architecture continued under the Freenet name.
At a later date, Locutus changed its name to Freenet, whilst the original Freenet changed its name to Hyphanet.
Summary: If today you want to go with the original Freenet code/architecture, use Hyphanet. If today you want to go with the original Freenet founder, use Freenet.
https://freenet.org/faq/#what-is-the-projects-history
I'd reccomend updating those screenshots. At least to match 2014 or something.
I understand that this is not some electron app to show off its UI but still...
Anything under "hyphanet" belongs to the old Java version, see https://freenet.org/ for the new version.