On Thu, Apr 26, 2001 at 04:42:45AM +0100, Michael Rogers wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 25, 2001 at 11:33:15PM -0400, Tavin Cole wrote:
> > How will they use the client without running a (transient) node? Which
> > doesn't give its address out to other nodes anyway..
>
> A client that speaks FNP and talks directly to other people's nodes.
> Yeah, I guess that's kind of similar to running a transient node and then
> using a client to connect to it... except probably a little bit less
> resource-hungry! And it would help to discourage users from running a
> node that's only going to be running for a week or two before they get
> bored of it.
But if they run a transient node it never gives out references to
itself anyway, so the network will never miss it when it goes offline.
Keep in mind also that FNP-speaking clients are on the way out.
--
# tavin cole
#
# "The process of scientific discovery is, in effect,
# a continual flight from wonder."
# - Albert Einstein
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