These fountain codes are some of the coolest and most useful algorithms around. It really is almost like magic, even after you know how they work. I wrote an ar

These fountain codes are some of the coolest and most useful algorithms around. It really is almost like magic, even after you know how they work. I wrote an article a couple years ago about using them for an off-chain file storage layer for a bitcoin-like blockchain that gives a basic overview of why they are useful: https://bit.ly/2Y0ut6X https://bit.ly/2Y0ut6X