On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 2:14 PM, Robert Coli <rc...@digg.com> wrote: > On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 11:55 AM, Eric Gilmore <e...@riptano.com> wrote: > > Also, in the Getting Started page, we note that it may be best to set > > initial_token to 0 on the very first node that you start. > > Could you expand a bit on the reasons for and implications of this, > for our collective elucidation? :) >
Because then the node never has to move. Same would be true of 2**127, but zero is mnemonically easier. :) -Brandon
