Is the New Gnutella Viable?
 

Does anyone actually think this has a snowballs chance in hell of working?

http://www.gnutella2.com/gnutella2_draft.htm
or
http://www.kiwiuk.net/gnutella2_draft.htm

Gnutella is good at surviving... popularity is another matter... :BL:

The protocol looks good to me. The key elements of effective multisourcing are there; tiger tree is a good choice for hashing (allowing early verification of downloaded chunks); the supernode concept has been extended to 'node clusters' which opens up interesting possibilities for network self-organization.

I think Gnutella is evolving nicely. It may well remain a somehat experimental network while the more serious filesharing takes place elsewhere.... :a: - but that's just fine... a free technical playground where both the clients and the protocol itself are subject to variation and 'darwinian competition' is a valuable and useful thing in itself... :tu:

- tg :WA:

'darwinian competition' heh

yeah kudos to shareaza for kicking them in the ass and jump starting the stalled protocols.

thanks for the post sw! :tu:

- js.

Gnutella is known as a developer's network. Many of the people who want the experience of producing their own p2p program start there thus guaranteeing a steady stream of clients and debate. However if you just want a steady stream of movies and music you'll probably be better off elsewhere. :ND: