libp2p / libp2p/go-libp2p-pubsub
Filter for nodes that we gossip to
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Description
Context: https://discuss.libp2p.io/t/filtering-nodes-that-we-gossip-to/1012
We need a mechanism that allows us to provide a validator function that, given a message, filters out nodes that we *don’t* want to forward or gossip about the message to.
In other words, we want to implement selective gossip / message forwarding.
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First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start with the linked discussion at discuss.libp2p.io/t/filtering-nodes-that-we-gossip-to/1012, then inspect the go-libp2p-pubsub implementation to locate message forwarding and gossip decisions. The work is complete when callers can provide a validator that filters which nodes receive or are included in gossip for a given message.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- go
- Domain
- distributed-systems, networking
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 30/100