Subject: Re: [bug#52555] [RFC PATCH v2 0/5] Decentralized substitute distribution with ERIS

From: Maxime Devos <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 04 Feb 2022 16:16:31 +0000

pukkamustard schreef op wo 02-02-2022 om 10:51 [+0000]:
> > Also, don't forget to insert this missing block back into
> > IPFS/GNUnet/BitTorrent/..., otherwise less and less blocks will be
> > available until nothing is available anymore.
> 
> This might be a bit of a burden for users. As you mention the size of
> such a database might become considerable.

At least in GNUnet, there are quota on the size of the datastore
(and presumably, whatever the DHT service uses as database).  When it's
exceeded, old blocks are removed.  So I don't see a burden here,
assuming that the quota aren't overly large by default.

Greetings,
Maxime.