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Skype did that, Windows (lol) nodes with good up times and bandwidth were autopromoted as supernodes. This makes the network unfair tho, and encourages these us
by Galanwe 9y ago
Skype did that, Windows (lol) nodes with good up times and bandwidth were autopromoted as supernodes. This makes the network unfair tho, and encourages these users to use alternatives clients to prevent being a supernode (wasted bandwidth and cpu: who wants this?)
- Rjevski 9y agoYou could refrain from becoming a supernode by disabling "Allow direct IP connections" in the Skype settings - but personally I didn't mind.