Adam Curry and Dave Jones open episode 267 of Podcasting 2.0 from Texas and Alabama. They announce the removal of DHT from the Podcast Index lexicon and API, humorously labeling the technology as problematic.
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Adam Curry and Dave Jones open episode 267 of Podcasting 2.0 from Texas and Alabama. They announce the removal of DHT from the Podcast Index lexicon and API, humorously labeling the technology as problematic.
Distributed Hash Table Technical Overview, BitTorrent Mainline DHT
A technical explanation of Distributed Hash Tables (DHT) describes how key-value pairs are distributed across multiple machines in a network. The segment references the Mainline DHT used by BitTorrent and the historical use of similar technology in Napster and LimeWire to solve the bootstrap problem.
Dave Jones demonstrates the PP Monitor website, which visualizes the "jiggly blob" of nodes in the Podping mesh network. He discusses node connectivity, the use of the mainline DHT for swarm contact, and the natural drift of connectivity within the mesh.
