Hi all,
This is an old old proposal. While I was fishing on the net came across this page . 1/3rd down the page you come across the problem statement which explains things very lucidly as they stand today. To put it simply, If I download an e-book or any other app. & there is no other taker for it then one is seeding but doesn't get anything out of it. The best way then is to use pROn or something like tht to maintain ratios. This is o.kish but doesn't really solve the issue. Then one can look at this page where the idea is fleshed out a bit more. Although the project is dead or near to dead as can be seen here I do like the idea. One of the first issues that comes to mind is the trust relationships . Check this slashdot story for the MPAA poisoning torrents . Perhaps tht lead to the dead or near-dead experience of the protocol but if something like this can be activated it would be really cool to lot of people.
This is an old old proposal. While I was fishing on the net came across this page . 1/3rd down the page you come across the problem statement which explains things very lucidly as they stand today. To put it simply, If I download an e-book or any other app. & there is no other taker for it then one is seeding but doesn't get anything out of it. The best way then is to use pROn or something like tht to maintain ratios. This is o.kish but doesn't really solve the issue. Then one can look at this page where the idea is fleshed out a bit more. Although the project is dead or near to dead as can be seen here I do like the idea. One of the first issues that comes to mind is the trust relationships . Check this slashdot story for the MPAA poisoning torrents . Perhaps tht lead to the dead or near-dead experience of the protocol but if something like this can be activated it would be really cool to lot of people.