"If a peer hosted a chunk of the index the network would only look at that chunk's file name and not the data it contains."
But you can determine which meta-file you need .
"Nevermind, I think I just answered my own question. Decentralizing the index would keep the operating costs down to a minimum."
Yes, this will ensure it stays "free" and is managed by the open source community.
I have done some experiments with gnutella, it works fine, but it is also possible to do it with xnap and in that case is it depending on the plugins installed, even thou it wold not work so nicly with opennap sonce the central server design depending on host browse.
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