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Originally Posted by multi
i think emule or some hybrid in the future can be more effective
in decentralising the verified hashlinks
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The distribution of hashlinks (.torrent files) through alternative channels is not a big technical problem... basically any p2p network can be used for it. A bigger problem is the vulnerability of the trackers. In principle this could be handled by building the tracker functionality into clients so that any client with a good bandwidth, unrestrictive firewall and enough processor power could take the role of a tracker, being a sort of supernode in the network (although technically not similar to what Kazaa supernodes do). I think
Azureus already has an embedded tracker. This still leaves the problem of link reliability/moderation, something that is quite easy to handle through a trusted website but more challenging to implement in a fully decentralized system.
- tg
