multi-multiplexing; implementation question

[wanderer]

How would a third party utilize libp2p? The simple way would be to directly use libp2p but then you wouldn't be using multi-multiplexing and you would introduce redundancy if multiple software was running the full network stack; correct? Would a better alternative be to have a standalone networking demon that all the different programs wishing to the p2p networking would connect to?

[jbenet]

Would a better alternative be to have a standalone networking demon that all the different programs wishing to the p2p networking would connect to?

yeah this is similar to having a single IP stack (inc ARP, DHCP, ICMP, etc) in the OS. However note this cant be the solution always -- sometimes your programs are isolated (containers or browser tabs).