>> as a killer app for the "re-decentralized" web.
IPv6 anycast looks quite promising[0][1][2] to help solve the problem with fully decentralizing bootstrapping of P2P nodes. This is a central issue currently affecting all p2p like networks including Ethereum, BitTorrent, Gnutella, Bitcoin, ...
main issue is probably lack of IPv6 anycast support (??) due to misinformation, broken middle boxes, and and lack of understanding in how to properly configure your network correctly for IPv6 (there are so many features making it also more secure, yet the impression I get is that people don't want to learn about it and in practice just aim for IPv4 maximum compatibility ... ).
> main issue is probably lack of IPv6 anycast support (??)
It requires root or user-namespace shenanigans to assign the v6 address needed by the p2p client.
And access to BGP tables.
And they don't estimate how long such a bootstrap process would take, since for small networks it would potentially have to scan millions of candidate addresses.
It requires root or user-namespace shenanigans to assign the v6 address needed by the p2p client.
And access to BGP tables.
And they don't estimate how long such a bootstrap process would take, since for small networks it would potentially have to scan millions of candidate addresses.