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Re: [Sks-devel] Rationalization (Was: Questions regarding blocking ...)
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Daniel Kahn Gillmor |
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Re: [Sks-devel] Rationalization (Was: Questions regarding blocking ...) |
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Mon, 04 Aug 2014 09:21:27 -0400 |
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On 08/04/2014 09:19 AM, Yaron Minsky wrote:
> Also, why does having more peers take more resources? The rough
> algorithm (IIRC) is: pick a random host from your list of peers;
> reconcile; wait a fixed period of time and try again. The set of
> hosts from which you pick a peer seems like it adds no cost.
all of your peers are executing the same algorithm as you are.
Assuming that all of your peers have a constant number of peers
themselves, If you add more peers, you should get more incoming requests
on balance.
--dkg
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