> Now if the routing algorithm can take into account previously requested > keys, why can't it take into account performance/reliability metrics? This > information is determined by the results of previous requests, so it is > still a function of the previously requested keys. Because unlike the key and the references to other data, the performance/reliability metrics aren't a consistent network-wide set of measurements. Each node can and will often have a different view of the networks performance, so this yields to anarchistic and ineffective routing.
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