P2P Resource Distribution Pool
From P2P Foundation
A P2P resource distribution pool is a P2P collaboration system that helps with with resource allocation in a P2P Network. A P2P resource distribution pool differs from a P2P Common Resource Distribution Pool in that many different types of resources, including private property, can be included in the pool.
The main features of a P2P resource distribution pool:
- A pool of resources that can be used by Peers in a P2P Network
- The Peers interact with each other and the resources within the P2P Protocol of the P2P Network
A P2P resource distribution pool leaves all the choice of what is offered and how it is offered up to the peers in the network. The network also takes responsibility for setting protocol about the nature and kind of resources in the pool.
A P2P network might focus on several areas for their resource pool:
- Improve the utility of interacting with the pool through automation software
- Using P2P Protocol for setting rules for disclosure of terms for any exchanges made through the pool
- Learning from the pool about what resources could be well used as common resources
- Providing intelligence to the network about optimal use of resources and areas for improvement
P2P Metrics shows additional ways that a network can increase the direct and indirect benefits of the pool.
If a network allows a pool to contain resources other than common resources it's important to examine how these resources are handled amongst the network. The protocol allowing these additional resource types into the pool is managed by the network, and could be removed if there are problems related to their inclusion.
In a case there these resources are allowed there are some important issues that will effect relations between peers.
Private property owners who place their property into the pool may have have specific conditions for the use of their property. These conditions may no different from the responsibilities of a peer using the common resources of a network, but there is an important distinction. In fact the network might even require peers to use the same conditions as might be in place for a common resource. In the case of private property, though, a network may allow peers to create their own conditions and agreements when it comes to their own property. This may lead to the creation of an agreement between two peers that carry special conditions. In the case of common resources, the peer is making an agreement with the entire network for the use of the common resource. The nature of the difference here might be extremely subtle. It's important to recognize that it is the network and all the peers in it that have created and are managing the rules of the resource pool. The network may take steps to normalize the conditions under which private property is allocated within the pool, or even to insure users in ways that are similar to how a resource is accounted for when it is a common resource, in effect providing reasonable coverage for all peers involved.
