On 22 Aug 2006, at 12:24, Matthew Toseland wrote: > On Tue, Aug 22, 2006 at 11:04:50AM -0700, Ian Clarke wrote: >> >> It is true that trusted connections allows for a form of negative >> reputation, which is normally not possible on the Internet, however >> BitTorrent seems to get along just fine using tit-for-tat without the >> need for negative reputation - all reputation is positive and must be >> earned. Why can't we do the same? > > Because it's not a comparable situation: As you say they start off > with > the benefit of the doubt. When that expires, they just move on to > another node. Whereas BitTorrent is centralized: There is only one > tracker for a given file. This is assuming the node cannot create a > new > identity and try again, which of course it will be able to do, because > we can't enforce one node per IP address due to big NATs.
I don't understand what you are trying to say here? With BitTorrent you wouldn't get very far if you repeatedly had to start downloading the file over and over again because you were building up a negative reputation. tit-for-tat always starts by giving the other person the benefit of the doubt, so you start with a small amount of positive "karma". Ian. Ian Clarke: Co-Founder & Chief Scientist Revver, Inc. phone: 323.871.2828 | personal blog - http://locut.us/blog -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://emu.freenetproject.org/pipermail/tech/attachments/20060822/f5edf7d9/attachment.html> -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: PGP.sig Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 186 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part URL: <https://emu.freenetproject.org/pipermail/tech/attachments/20060822/f5edf7d9/attachment.pgp>
