Abstract
Distributed content-addressed networks like the Interplanetary File System (IPFS) have gained popularity in recent years. It is used as a data storage layer for Blockchain applications or generally as a censorship-resistant file-sharing network. In the past, many traditional peer-to-peer networks eventually implemented super-peer sub-topologies within their otherwise nonhierarchical network to increase the efficiency of various system tasks. While it can be observed that IPFS also holds such tendencies, no formalism supports these developments. This article will present a research project that will investigate if and how a super-peer architecture can complement the IPFS network from a content discovery and retrieval perspective. Further, first preliminary results on peer churn rate in the IPFS and Filecoin networks will be discussed.
Citation
@inproceedings{10.1145/3488658.3493781, title = {Leveraging node heterogeneity to improve content discovery and content retrieval in peer-to-peer networks}, author = {Trautwein, Dennis and Schubotz, Moritz and Gipp, Bela}, year = 2021, booktitle = {Proceedings of the CoNEXT Student Workshop}, location = {Virtual Event, Germany}, publisher = {Association for Computing Machinery}, address = {New York, NY, USA}, series = {CoNEXT-SW '21}, pages = {17–18}, doi = {10.1145/3488658.3493781}, isbn = 9781450391337, url = {https://doi.org/10.1145/3488658.3493781}, numpages = 2, keywords = {Filecoin, IPFS, churn, peer-to-peer, super-peers}}