You should check out this excellent explanation @Al_Kafir. It should really help you grasp the concept.
So when I say “mixes up the geographical locations” I should say, “it mixes up the geographical location pathways that routing takes”?
Let me re-configure my question then - is there a mechanism by which the growth of the network can be monitored/reported/estimated in real –ish time – maybe just even a once a week snap-shot or not?
My understanding is that it may be possible to measure the XOR distance between nodes and therefore reach estimates about the network size that way, but I would doubt that this is something that could be done meaningfully in real time.
Thanks Nick, so a guesstimate would be possible at best…hmmm…maybe enough. The larger problem now as I see it is that NOBODY is interested in my masterplan for re-structuring the World…What’s wrong with everyone that they can’t see the genius?..lol. Put everything down right now and figure out a way for it to work…lol
OK…I’ll drop it now…
You may be aware, but this podcast mentions an open source distributed virtual world project called Sanctuary in the last two or three minutes:
P2P Connects Us Episode 13 - Steve Dekorte
oooo…not aware, will check out.