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		loceng on Jan 26, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Show HN: Pure JavaScript P2P file sharing in the b... Wouldn't this require each computer on any receiving end to process all of the incoming data in order to determine if it's spam or not?

joelthelion on Jan 26, 2013 [–]

All of it, no, only the data coming from peers. Peers would only repeat data if they consider it good.

Also, you could also select peers for the quality of the content they forward to you.

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