js-libp2p-kad-dht
JavaScript implementation of the Kademlia DHT for libp2p, based on go-libp2p-kad-dht.
Lead Maintainer
Vasco Santos.
Table of Contents
Install
npm
> npm i libp2p-kad-dht
Use in Node.js
const KadDHT = require('libp2p-kad-dht')
API
See https://libp2p.github.io/js-libp2p-kad-dht for the auto generated docs.
The libp2p-kad-dht module offers 3 APIs: Peer Routing, Content Routing and Peer Discovery.
Peer Routing
Content Routing
Peer Discovery
libp2p-kad-dht
provides a discovery service called Random Walk
(random walks on the DHT to discover more nodes). It is accessible through dht.randomWalk
and exposes the Peer Discovery interface.
Implementation Summary
A summary of the algorithms and API for this implementation of Kademlia.
Contribute
Feel free to join in. All welcome. Open an issue!
This repository falls under the IPFS Code of Conduct.
License
MIT - Protocol Labs 2017