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by rix0r 3881 days ago
Given a consensus protocol, it should be easy to connect the servers in a mesh though, right, getting rid of the tree structure and the single links?
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You’re correct in that there is no tree structure in RobustIRC. All nodes talk directly to each other.

Raft dictates a topology where the leader must be able to reach all followers directly, though.