> It'd be simpler just to develop some kind of relay software then hack
> this into the node proper, imho.
Quite possibly. I think about this. On a first intuition, I think you're
probably right.
> What impacts does it have on network bandwidth?
Shadow node's route all the messages for the nodes they shadow. So they
supply all the bandwidth between those nodes and the network. So shadowed
nodes don't add any bandwidth to the network at all, just storage space.
This is, however, the only way that nodes behind totalitarian firewalls
can participate. I think that adding storage space to the network is
better than doing nothing at all. Also, shadowed nodes cannot be
considered leeches on the nodes that shadow them as this is entirely
opt-in for the nodes that choose to participate. Most likely you would set
up your own shadowing node on a machine you administered and shadow for
some people you liked. One potential use would be to turn all of the
machines on your local network into nodes whereas previously you could
only have the gateway machine be a node.
This is better than running a transient node because you can still extend
the capacity of the network by offering hard drive space. It could mean
substantially larger storage capacity consider the number of computer that
have fat connections but are IP masqueraded so all of their traffic is
passing through a single machine already.
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