Gnutella

Gnutella is a peer-to-peer network protocol. Founded in 2000, it was the first decentralized peer-to-peer network of its kind, leading to other, later networks adopting the model.[1]

In June 2005, Gnutella's population was 1.81 million computers[2] increasing to over three million nodes by January 2006.[3] In late 2007, it was the most popular file-sharing network on the Internet with an estimated market share of more than 40%.[4]

  1. ^ Kushner, David (January 13, 2004). "The World's Most Dangerous Geek". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on June 30, 2012. Retrieved May 10, 2011.
  2. ^ Slyck News - eDonkey2000 Nearly Double the Size of FastTrack Archived 2018-01-29 at the Wayback Machine, Thomas Mennecke for Slyck.com, June 2, 2005.
  3. ^ On the Long-term Evolution of the Two-Tier Gnutella Overlay Archived 2017-08-10 at the Wayback Machine. Rasti, Stutzbach, Rejaie, 2006. See Figure 2a.
  4. ^ Ars Technica Study: BitTorrent sees big growth, LimeWire still #1 P2P app Archived 2008-12-16 at the Wayback Machine Eric Bangeman, April 21, 2008.

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