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How do you get the DHT without at least a centralized bootstrap?

• lloeki 3y ago
  query a known (or attempt reaching a previously known) peer
  • cjblomqvist 3y ago
    Isn't that then the centralized authority?
    • lloeki 3y ago
      Well, no: - IPs of peers can be obtained from any source, not necessarily a centralized one. you could argue that this is centralized if you use only one, but there is no central authority and you can move to any other one or use a sizeable list of completely independent sources. - torrent clients can persist previously contacted peers to contact them when starting up again from scratch, attempting connection in hopes that they are still around (which at least some usually are given that clients are usually long-running processes)