Next: replace whole-file hashes with a Merkle Patricia tree hash and enable BitTorrent-like distribu...

jiggawatts • yesterday at 6:34 AM • 2 replies • view on HN

Next: replace whole-file hashes with a Merkle Patricia tree hash and enable BitTorrent-like distribution protocols on top, not to mention the deduplication advantages!

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notpushkin • yesterday at 11:45 AM

History repeats itself: https://github.com/cjb/GitTorrent

JoshTriplett • yesterday at 1:51 PM

> replace whole-file hashes

BLAKE3 has a whole mechanism for this, and as an added bonus it'd be substantially faster.

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