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7 -P4P, short for Peer-4-Peer (which in turn is short for Peer-for-Peer) represents a family of networks which build on principles of local-first, peer-2-peer, open-source, routing agnostic (offline-first) and mutual-aid principles. The above is a lot of terms which in and of themselves carry a lot of meaning, yet when combined they enable censorship-resistant, resilient and adaptive, sustainable and energy-efficient communication infrastructures.
7 +P4P, short for Peer-4-Peer (which in turn is short for Peer-for-Peer) are a family of networks which build on principles of local-first, peer-2-peer, open-source, routing agnostic (offline-first) and mutual-aid principles. The above is a lot of terms which in and of themselves carry a lot of meaning, yet when combined they enable censorship-resistant, resilient and adaptive, sustainable and energy-efficient communication infrastructures.
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15 15  == Core principles of Peer-4-Peer Networks ==
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32 32  Routing-agnostic networks don’t care //how// or //when// messages travel, only that they eventually get there. Information can wait, take different paths, or hop between devices until a connection appears. This means the network keeps working even during outages or bad connections.
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44 44  = Internet.. but without internet =
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46 46  P4P networks emerged around 2010, merging qualities of distributed ledgers (such as blockchain) with version control (such as git) and torrent-like data sharing. The term P4P however is more recent yet can trace it's roots back to a scuttlebutt post in 2020.