Re: [Gzz] hemppah's research problems document

[Tuomas Lukka]

On Mon, Dec 16, 2002 at 03:23:49PM +0200, address@hidden wrote:
> Quoting Tuomas Lukka <address@hidden>:
> 
> 
> > > 
> > > Okay, will notice it. Btw, in Gzz p2p, is there possibility that there can
> > be
> > > multiple block sources in the network, altough block has a GUID (so we can
> > take
> > > a benefit from it when obtaining the block) ?
> > 
> > Possibility? That's the *REASON* for guids!
> > 
> 
> Yes, of course.
> 
> Let's take an example:
> Overnet (DHT, Kademlia, GUID) supports multiple source downloads: for example,
> let's assume that there is a data block which I want get. Now, when I found 
> this
> specific data block from Overnet, Overnet start's downloading it. However,
> Overnet constantly seeks other sources for this data block (fragments of this
> data block which I don't have yet) for faster downloading.
> 
> Is this kind of model possible in Gzz p2p ?

Do you see any reason it would not be?

        Tuomas