Subj : Re: Cabal
To   : NuSkooler
From : Bob Roberts
Date : Sun Jan 03 2021 03:14 pm

 BR>> Isn't that what the "Fidoweb" concept is?  Any two nodes can connect and 
 BR>> exchange Echomail which gets distributed to any links, and so on....  
 BR>> relying on de-dupe process in mail tossers to prevent total chaos.

 Nu> To an extent. FTN still has a central owner and particular hubs. Something fully decentralized has
 Nu> neither. 

Perhaps all that is needed is a distributed Nodelist?  Basically each node would compile a copy of the nodelist based on their links.  They would advertise those links across the network in a way that each node has a copy of what every other node is linked to.  Nodes that don't connect/poll for a certain time period would be dropped by all other nodes.

You would need a way to advertise how to get that initial first connection "in," and a way to prevent a rogue node from poisoning the network.

Bob Roberts
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