Subj : Fidonet is peer-to-peer
To   : deon
From : Oli
Date : Sat Sep 04 2021 12:41 pm

deon wrote (2021-09-04):


 >> What or where is the edge in a p2p network. And why is there always a
 >> tendency to centralize the shit out of FTNs?

 d> What does a p2p version of FTN look like?

Fidonet technology was always and still is peer-to-peer. Maybe not in the DHT / file sharing sense, but in the sense that all nodes (and even some points) are running the same kind of software and can call each other. Yes, people do like to build some hierarchical structures on top of it, but this is not a requirement.

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