Re: [circle] conceptual doubt

[thomasV1]

so, it is the opposite of what I thought :-)
but you 're right.
btw, I just checked: Overnet uses two ports: 
one udp for the dht, one tcp for file transfers.



> To give a short answer:
>  - UDP is better for small packet to occasional destination as it does 
> not have the overhead of establishing a connection
>  - TCP is better suited for long connection - file transfer included as 
> it does have more advance error corrections algo
> 
> UDP packet can "just disappear" in the cybetnet in can of networks 
> congestion, TCP packet are guarantied to be delivered (simplification 
> but still widely true)
> 
> Thomas
> 
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