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Naive Peer Discovery Strategy

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Description

A node should discover more peers after joining a swarm.

We should assume high churn here, so it's unclear if Kademlia is the right topology.

The libp2p implementation of Kademlia has Coral and S/Kademlia modifications, but the interface is not compatible for multiple swarms. We could assume 1 swarm per node now just to get something working. This might not be a bad assumption for the initial release.

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Research direction

Start by reading the current peer-joining and discovery entry points, then compare the libp2p Kademlia, Coral, and S/Kademlia approaches mentioned in the issue. Clarify whether the initial release may assume one swarm per node and decide how high churn affects the topology. Done means a node discovers additional peers after joining a swarm with a defined multi-swarm scope.

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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
20/100

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