What Ever Happened to Peer-to-Peer Systems? Carlos Baquero ponders the peer-to-peer paradigm.

The article presents a brief history of the peer-to-peer (P2P) network architecture, and its legacy in the technological evolution of distributed computing. Topics include early file-sharing systems, Freenet's Content Hash Keys, used to verify matching search content, and the ultimate emergence of b...

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Publicado en:	Communications of the ACM Vol. 66; no. 3; pp. 14 - 16
Autor principal:	Baquero, Carlos
Formato:	Artículo
Publicado:	Association for Computing Machinery Mar2023
Materias:	Peer-to-peer architecture (Computer networks) Blockchains Distributed computing Search engines Search algorithms DYNAMO (Computer program language)
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Sumario:	The article presents a brief history of the peer-to-peer (P2P) network architecture, and its legacy in the technological evolution of distributed computing. Topics include early file-sharing systems, Freenet's Content Hash Keys, used to verify matching search content, and the ultimate emergence of blockchain technology.