It is a damn cool algorithm, I was introduced to it in a startup I worked in and we actually tried to make use of it. The algorithm as described has a problem t

It is a damn cool algorithm, I was introduced to it in a startup I worked in and we actually tried to make use of it. The algorithm as described has a problem to converge fast enough and we had to make some extra structure on top that made it converge very fast and in a very consistent way. We used it for multicast communications where feedback to the server is impractical and such codes are making it a very effective way to distribute the data.