From 6018faeb1d87d125ef3667ff2ba08edd993cf0a1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2013 18:35:41 -0300 Subject: [PATCH] Some ideas for multicast support. --- doc/multicast.txt | 19 +++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+) create mode 100644 doc/multicast.txt diff --git a/doc/multicast.txt b/doc/multicast.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..aaf4088 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/multicast.txt @@ -0,0 +1,19 @@ +Invite: unicast message with group identification + +Group metadata: download from the swarm + +Message multicast ideas: + +1) Bittorrent + +Swarm downloads: when to update? Polling. + +2) Bitcoin + +How are transfers propagated? + +3) Fossil + +Create a new ID when a new message is created, propagate that, and use +swarm to download the content. When messages history diverge, use +merging. Try to solve a problem regarding message ordering. -- 2.20.1