Distributed Hash Table (DHT)

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--bootstrap-node value [ --bootstrap-node value ]    The address of bootstrap node. Beacon node will connect for peer discovery via DHT.  Multiple nodes can be passed by using the flag multiple times but not comma-separated. You can also pass YAML files containing multiple nodes.

• Autonomy and decentralization

• Chord, Kademlia, CAN, Tapestry and Pastry.
• key value store

DHTs form an infrastructure that can be used to build more complex services, such as anycast, cooperative web caching, distributed file systems, domain name services, instant messaging, multicast, and also peer-to-peer file sharing and content distribution systems.

INFO Saved DHT state

NDP Kademlia-like DHT that stores information about Ethereum nodes

See also

• Distributed Hash Table (DHT), Chord, p2p