On 18 June 2010 01:45, David Barrett <dbarr...@quinthar.com> wrote: <snip> > I wonder if it could get even higher > seeder ratios purely through leveraging community generosity, without > bothering with all the complexity of a byte currency? >
I agree with your analysis 100%. The purpose of the currency in robonobo is not to enforce seeder:leecher ratios, but rather to allocate bandwidth within the swarm. It allows a node to say to the swarm (in effect) 'I want to receive this stream at 32 KB/s' and to have a realistic hope of getting it. Quality of Service within an uncontrolled p2p network, if you will. The bids from downloader to uploader don't just count towards a ratio-like system, they feed into the congestion control algorithm of the (very) TCP-like transport layer protocol. We use this bandwidth allocation to produce real-time streaming - in the case of music, a 'spotify-like' user experience. The currency system does also prevent freeloading, but this is just a free side-effect of the bandwidth allocation. W _______________________________________________ p2p-hackers mailing list p2p-hackers@lists.zooko.com http://lists.zooko.com/mailman/listinfo/p2p-hackers
