I see a flaw in Freenet. Since I'm a newbie/lurker/dilettante, I know (am pretty sure) that my opinion is wrong. However, since this isn't addressed in the literature I read, maybe someone could explain to me why I'm wrong.
In Freenet, nodes can be 'near' or 'far', depending on how many hops you need to get there. Near and far also change based on popularity and key-affinity. However, getting data from a Freenet-near node might use more network resources than a Freenet-far node, because of the way the physical
