@arve.knudsen/libp2p-kad-dht v0.15.3

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
  • Use in Node.js
• API
• Contribute
• License

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