The Chaincode Podcast

Amiti Uttarwar and the P2P network - Episode 15

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Amiti returns to the Chaincode office to discuss all things p2p.

We discuss:

  • Why Amiti works on P2P (1:50)
  • A framework for p2p design (4:25)
  • How do we systemize Bitcoin Core knowledge? (6:20)
  • Searchable #bitcoin-core IRC logs (8:35)
  • Forward compatibility and upgradability (15:00)
  • Partition resisitence (16:10)
  • Eclipse Attacks (17:00)
  • Altnet (20:40)
  • Messages sent across the wire (20:55)
  • AddrRelay and AddrMan (24:35)
  • Bootstrapping, DNS seeds and address announcements (25:25)
    • DoS issues (27:35)
    • Address Manager (29:00)
    • New table and tried table (30:00)
    • The Bitcoin network “dance” (31:25)
    • Transaction download on Bitcoin’s p2p network comic (32:25)
    • Addresses and proof of work (32:45)
    • Inbound and outbound connections (34:00)
    • Block relay only connections and full connections (35:35)

      • Thanks to Caralie for the sound engineering.

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