livepeer / livepeer/go-PPSPP

RequestWantedChunks Strategy

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enhancement
Dominant language
Go
Stars
11
Forks
3
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No merged PRs in 30d

Description

Currently we use a naive approach for deciding where to get the chunk from a list of peer who have the chunk.

This is NOT specified by the PPSPP spec, but there is a possible optimization step here to ensure the network load is evenly spread, or economically incentivized.

Related to https://github.com/livepeer/go-PPSPP/issues/14

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  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Read the current implementation that chooses a peer for requested chunks, then review the PPSPP specification and related issue #14. The issue does not identify files, tests, or a settled selection strategy; done would require agreeing on an optimization and validating that peer selection spreads network load or provides the intended incentive.

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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
25/100

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