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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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Published in:Communications of the ACM Vol. 66; no. 3; pp. 14 - 16
Main Author: Baquero, Carlos
Format: Article
Published: Association for Computing Machinery Mar2023
Subjects:
Peer-to-peer architecture (Computer networks)
Blockchains
Distributed computing
Search engines
Search algorithms
DYNAMO (Computer program language)
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost
Summary: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.