Beyond Swapping Bits: Accelerating file-sharing in P2P networks and IPFS with Bitswap
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Beyond Swapping Bits: Accelerating file-sharing in P2P networks and IPFS with Bitswap
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Beyond Swapping Bits: Accelerating file-sharing in P2P networks and IPFS with Bitswap
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Bitswap is a Block Exchange protocol designed for P2P Content Addressable Networks. It leverages merkle-linked graphs in order to parallelize retrieval and verify content integrity. Bitswap is being used in the InterPlanetary File System architecture as the main content exchange protocol, as well as in the Filecoin network as part of the block synchronisation protocol. In this work, we present Bitswap’s baseline design and then apply several new extensions with the goal of improving Bitswap’s efficiency and efficacy and minimizing its bandwidth footprint.

Language
English
Level
Advanced
Length
34 minutes
Type
online conference
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About the speaker
Alfonso de la Rocha
Research EngineerProtocol Labs
Before joining Protocol Labs, Alfonso worked as a blockchain expert at Telefónica R&D, where he was responsible for the design and development of core technology based on blockchains, distributed systems, and advanced cryptography. Alfonso’s involvement in research and development began at Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, where he worked on topics related to energy efficiency in data centers. His broad R&D experience also includes research into the compression efficiency of video coding standards at Ericsson Research and projects related to securing interdomain routing protocols at KTH Royal
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Language
English
Level
Advanced
Length
34 minutes
Type
online conference