peer-to-peer
No central server
Peer-to-peer describes a network or system where participants interact directly with each other rather than through a central server or authority.
In computing, peer-to-peer file sharing lets users exchange files directly: BitTorrent is a peer-to-peer protocol.
The model extends beyond technology to lending, payments, and other transactions that bypass traditional intermediaries: peer-to-peer lending platforms.
Violent rushing flow
- BitTorrentDecentralized file-sharing system
- seedingPlanting or ranking
- leechingExtracting gradually, parasitically
- trackerOne who follows trails
swarm · Napster · LimeWire · Kazaa · download · upload · piracy · DHT
Distributing power from center
- nodesPoints of connection
- distributedDivided and given out
- meshInterlocking open weave
- overlayCovering placed atop
protocol · handshake · bandwidth · latency · relay · bootstrapping · supernodes
Encrypted decentralized money
- BitcoinPeer-to-peer electronic cash
- EthereumProgrammable blockchain network
- ledgerFinancial record book
- decentralizationDistributing power from center
consensus · mining · wallet · transaction · DeFi · node · validator · trustless
Shared between two parties
- cooperativeJointly operated enterprise
- horizontalParallel to the horizon
- egalitarianEquality principle supporter
- grassrootsCommon people as political base
collective · crowdsourcing · commons · Airbnb · carpooling · community
Small loans for poor entrepreneurs
- crowdfundingRaising capital from masses
- ProsperSucceed and gain wealth
- borrowerOne who takes temporarily
- investorOne who allocates capital
torrent
Violent rushing flow
- BitTorrentDecentralized file-sharing system
- seedingPlanting or ranking
- leechingExtracting gradually, parasitically
tracker · swarm · Napster · LimeWire · Kazaa · download · upload · piracy · DHT · Morpheus
decentralization
Distributing power from center
- nodesPoints of connection
- distributedDivided and given out
- meshInterlocking open weave
overlay · protocol · handshake · bandwidth · latency · relay · bootstrapping · supernodes
cryptocurrency
Encrypted decentralized money
- BitcoinPeer-to-peer electronic cash
- EthereumProgrammable blockchain network
- ledgerFinancial record book
decentralization · consensus · mining · wallet · transaction · DeFi · node · validator · trustless · immutable
reciprocal
Shared between two parties
- cooperativeJointly operated enterprise
- horizontalParallel to the horizon
- egalitarianEquality principle supporter
grassroots · collective · crowdsourcing · commons · Airbnb · carpooling · community
microfinance
Small loans for poor entrepreneurs
- crowdfundingRaising capital from masses
- ProsperSucceed and gain wealth
- borrowerOne who takes temporarily
investor · loan · creditworthy · unsecured · fintech · debt · platform
- networksnetwork traffic, network security, MAN, PAN, cloud computing
- paymentspayment, monthly payment, cash payment, payment date, credit cards
- data transferupload, download, send, receive, transfer speed
- fundraisingdonation, donations, donor, donors, fundraiser
- online sharingsharing, content sharing, file sharing, photo sharing, video sharing
- cryptoBitcoin, Ethereum, blockchain, cryptocurrency, tokens
peer-to-peerclient-server
Distributed computing paradigm
centralized · hub-and-spoke · master-slave · brokered · mediated
peer-to-peerhierarchical
Organized by rank
centralized · top-down · vertical · intermediated · bureaucratic