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17 -== Core principles of Peer-4-Peer Networks ==
16 +== Core principles of Peer-for-Peer Networks ==
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20 -=== Mutual-Aid ===
19 +=== 1. Mutual-Aid ===
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22 22  Mutual-aid networks mean that they aim to be collaborative, through open-source licensing models, avoiding lock-ins such as walled gardens and enable interoperability between networks, communities and protocols.
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24 -=== Peer-2-Peer ===
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26 26  Peer-to-peer networks let computers talk directly to each other instead of going through a central boss server. Every participant both gives and receives information. This makes the system more flexible, harder to break, and easier to grow.
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28 -=== Local-First ===
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30 30  Local-first communication networks keep your data on your own device or nearby computers first, instead of sending everything to a big central server. The system still works even when the internet is slow or completely gone. Sharing with others happens later, when a connection is available.
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32 -=== Routing Agnostic ===
31 +=== 4. Routing Agnostic ===
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34 -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.
33 +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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47 47  = Internet.. but without internet =
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49 49  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.
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77 77  // //Calvin, K., Dasgupta, D., Krinner, G., Mukherji, A., Thorne, P. W., Trisos, C., Romero, J., Aldunce, P., Barrett, K., Blanco, G., Cheung, W. W. L., Connors, S., Denton, F., Diongue-Niang, A., Dodman, D., Garschagen, M., Geden, O., Hayward, B., Jones, C., … Péan, C. (2023).// IPCC, 2023: Climate Change 2023: Synthesis Report. Contribution of Working Groups I, II and III to the Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [Core Writing Team, H. Lee and J. Romero (eds.)]. IPCC, Geneva, Switzerland. (First). Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). [[https:~~/~~/doi.org/10.59327/IPCC/AR6-9789291691647>>url:https://doi.org/10.59327/IPCC/AR6-9789291691647]] //
78 78  \\// //Baran, Paul.// 1964. On Distributed Communications: I. Introduction to Distributed Communications Networks. RAND Corporation. [[https:~~/~~/doi.org/10.7249/RM3420.>>url:https://doi.org/10.7249/RM3420.]] //
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