I have updated my book about P2P Networks with more details about the P2P topology I have invented - called the Polymorph Polyring P2P topology.
More specifically, I have added details about:
- Alternative GUID schemes (strings instead of numbers)
- Ring leaders
- Broadcast
- Multicast
The Polymorph Polyring P2P topology has better support for shaping the topology - e.g. according to the geographical location of the peers.
The Polyring also has better support for broadcast and multicast than uniring topologies such as Chord, Kademlia, Pastry and Tapestry. This is one of the aspects I have added details about in this latest version of the book.
You can find the book on LeanPub, here:
https://leanpub.com/p2p-networks
Leanpub
P2P Networks
P2P networks can scale to thousands, millions or even billions of individual peers collaborating without a central, coordinating entity. This book explores how!
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