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Advances in Decentralized Peer Networks

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the more-systems-slip-through-your-fingers dept.

PureFiction writes "Peer networks are gaining some attention these days given advances in much more decentralized search architectures and swarming distribution networks. Research has indicated that these decentralized networks are resistant to legal and technological attacks. The continued proliferation of broadband and wireless networking will ensure pervasive deployment of distributed peer networking infrastructure that will drive significant innovations in personal and community digital communications services."

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  1. Remember Mojo Nation? by Jack+William+Bell · · Score: 4, Informative

    Totally on-topic co-incidence; just a little while ago I ran into a pointer to the MNET project.

    When the Mojo Nation P2P effort ran out of money they released the client code under the GPL (it is in Python). MNET is a stripped-down variant of the code (without the micropayment kruft) delivered as an API with some sample apps, one of which is a file sharing application.

    So, if you know a little Python, you can grab MNET and whip up your own distributed file-sharing network. Cool!

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  2. Re:Well... by darkpixel2k · · Score: 2, Informative

    Check out http://www.bitzi.com.
    New programs like Shareaza are using 'bitprints' of songs to help you find good quality songs verses corrupted ones.

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  3. Easy - Freenet by Sanity · · Score: 5, Informative
    Freenet is being used, among many other things, to distribute information in China to people who couldn't get it any other way. It is also being used in this country to distribute censored information about the Church of Scientology, and in the UK to distribute information censored under the official secrets act.

    It is early days yet, but at least this demonstrates the type of things it can be useful for.

  4. Re:Show me: How about Peercast? by Foresto · · Score: 4, Informative

    Have you ever heard Epiphany Radio? It's a shoutcast station I used to listen to, until I ran into a 12 user limit imposed because the broadcasters couldn't afford the bandwidth to support many users. Thanks to peer to peer technology (the Gnutella protocol), I can once again listen to this station, via their peercast stream.