Network

Namespace: bts::net

The network library is used to build a P2P network of nodes that broadcast messages to eachother using the following protocol:

    on message: 
        if valid 
          add message id to inventory
          broadcast inventory to peers
        else disconnect peer

    on recv_inventory: 
       add uniquie items to fetch queue

    on get_inventory: 
       send inventory to peer

    on fetch_message: 
       send message

    while fetch queue isn't empty
        find random peer with item, and send fetch_message

The network also supports the ability to query a ordered list of item ids. Given the id of an item, the network can return the ids of items that follow it. Once a node has the id, it can fetch the item using that id.