Description: The plot illustrates the number of peers whose Kademlia identifier matches each prefix for all prefixes of a given size, for a given network crawl. Since the density of keyspace regions follows a Poisson distribution, it is expected to observe some regions that are significantly more populated than others.
How to read the plot: The selected depth indicates the prefix size. There are 2^i distinct prefixes at depth i. The dropdown menu allows to navigate to previous versions of this plot.
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What to look out for: The green dashed line represents the expected density per region, corresponding to the number of peers matching a prefix. A bar significantly exceeding the expected density suggests that a region of the keyspace might be under an eclipse attack, especially if the value is above the risk threshold (red dashed line).
The plot shows how many peers are included in a particular region of the keyspace. Too many peers within one region indicate a potential issue.