[bhouston]

So like the distributed tracker system in bittorrent I guess: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BitTorrent#Distributed_trackers Some background research on a distributed key/value system that this could serve as a basis for a peer-to-peer distributed marketplace: http://www.cs.rice.edu/Conferences/IPTPS02/109.pdf

[williamcotton]

DHTs are susceptible to Sybil attacks. A key/value store based on a cryptocurrency would be a better approach if you're looking for a decentralized key/value store that guarantees that the data is available.