Sub-nets

[sandreae]

In p2panda all data has a schema and a peer wishing to replicate data registers which schema it is interested in. This is one way we a peer can limit it's interactions with the main net.

Another layer below this could be introducing sub-nets / network IDs. A peer would only replicate data from peers on its own net, and by data following schemas it is interested in. This gives nice control of a peers interaction in, potentially many, sub-nets.

example

• many festivals organised around the world use the same schemas, there are festivals each year. Each festival could have it's own sub-net ID so the events from one festival/year don't polite others. You could have a "mega" festival peer who is interested in all sub-nets. In this example all festivals are public, but you could imagine a sub-net being private for not-public festivals.

specification

• tbc 🤣
• tor / onion services could be interesting