Channels/Decentralized - Revision history

Fireduck at 21:38, 3 January 2020

2020-01-03T21:38:28Z

Fireduck: /* Seed Nodes */

2020-01-03T21:37:37Z

‎Seed Nodes

Fireduck: /* Seed Nodes */

2019-11-17T04:58:23Z

‎Seed Nodes

Fireduck at 04:57, 17 November 2019

2019-11-17T04:57:10Z

Fireduck: /* Source Control */

2019-11-17T04:54:00Z

‎Source Control

Fireduck at 04:51, 17 November 2019

2019-11-17T04:51:44Z

Fireduck: Created page with " Lots of projects claim to be decentralized. It is important to disclose exactly where this project is and what the remaining limitations are. Towards that end, we will note..."

2019-11-17T04:43:43Z

Created page with " Lots of projects claim to be decentralized. It is important to disclose exactly where this project is and what the remaining limitations are. Towards that end, we will note..."

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Lots of projects claim to be decentralized. It is important to disclose exactly where this project is and what the remaining limitations are.

Towards that end, we will note some points about this project and answer what can be done about them and what the limiting factors are.

==Limitations==

===Seed Nodes===

Currently all the seed nodes used for the [[Channels/DHT_Design|DHT]] are run by Fireduck.

===IP Address Discovery===

=== snowchannel.io hosting ===

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 The DHT (Distrubted Hash Table) design is designed for a very large number of nodes and channels.  It should be very hard to disrupt.
-There is no centralized system for channel registration, user control or anything else.  There is a mechanism to register names on the Snowblossom block chain, but that it decentralized itself.
+There is no centralized system for channel registration, user control or anything else.  There is a mechanism to register names on the Snowblossom block chain, but that is decentralized itself.
 ==Limitations==

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 ===Seed Nodes===
-Currently all the seed nodes used for the [[Channels/DHT_Design|DHT]] are run by Fireduck.  We should add some diversity.  If all the seed nodes were unreachable or down new nodes would be unable to join the DHT and wouldn't be able to find peers for channels.  The seed nodes are the ones nodes initially contact to learn about other nodes on the DHT network.  After being in contact with the network for a while, a node learns about other peers and doesn't need the seeds any more.
+Currently most of the seed nodes used for the [[Channels/DHT_Design|DHT]] are run by Fireduck.  We should add some diversity.  If all the seed nodes were unreachable or down new nodes would be unable to join the DHT and wouldn't be able to find peers for channels.  The seed nodes are the ones nodes initially contact to learn about other nodes on the DHT network.  After being in contact with the network for a while, a node learns about other peers and doesn't need the seeds any more.
 Fixes:
 * Add more seeds - https://github.com/snowblossomcoin/channels/issues/18
-* Add multicast DHT discovery - https://github.com/snowblossomcoin/channels/issues/15
+* Allow older peers from DB - https://github.com/snowblossomcoin/channels/issues/21
 ===IP Address Discovery===

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	===Seed Nodes===		===Seed Nodes===

−	Currently all the seed nodes used for the [[Channels/DHT_Design\|DHT]] are run by Fireduck. We should add some diversity. If all the seed nodes were unreachable or down new nodes would be unable to join the DHT and wouldn't be able to find peers for channels.	+	Currently all the seed nodes used for the [[Channels/DHT_Design\|DHT]] are run by Fireduck. We should add some diversity. If all the seed nodes were unreachable or down new nodes would be unable to join the DHT and wouldn't be able to find peers for channels. The seed nodes are the ones nodes initially contact to learn about other nodes on the DHT network. After being in contact with the network for a while, a node learns about other peers and doesn't need the seeds any more.

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	The objective is to have this project completely decentralized, where no one entity could take down the network.		The objective is to have this project completely decentralized, where no one entity could take down the network.
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		+	==Awesomesauce==
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		+	The DHT (Distrubted Hash Table) design is designed for a very large number of nodes and channels. It should be very hard to disrupt.
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		+	There is no centralized system for channel registration, user control or anything else. There is a mechanism to register names on the Snowblossom block chain, but that it decentralized itself.

	==Limitations==		==Limitations==

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	=== Source Control ===		=== Source Control ===
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		+	Source control is all on github. Anyone could have a clone, but it is still a single point that would have a big impact on the system if disrupted.