[freenet-dev] Alpha, Darknet routing, et al.

[Matthew Toseland]

On Tuesday 05 February 2008 20:21, Michael Rogers wrote:
> Robert Hailey wrote:
> > First, there is an equal chance of nodes from either network swapping. 
> > In the freenet network (since swapping is done through the network) it 
> > is not equal (if for no other cause than the scarce links between the 
> > two networks).
> 
> I was under the impression that the random walks for swapping were long 
> enough to reach any node with roughly equal probability - I believe that 
> was Oskar's intention. If the random walks aren't escaping from local 
> clusters then we'll never be able to smooth out the clusters...

Yes and no - in the case of poorly connected networks, the sheer capacity of 
the limited connections between the two networks produces a bias, doesn't it?
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