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Incentives Build Robustness in BitTorrent (2003) [468 citations — 1 self]

Abstract:

The BitTorrent file distribution system uses tit-for-tat as a method of seeking pareto efficiency. It achieves a higher level of robustness and resource utilization than any currently known cooperative technique. We explain what BitTorrent does, and how economic methods are used to achieve that goal.

Citations

382 Free riding on gnutella – Adar, Huberman - 2000
329 Kademlia: A peer-to-peer information system based on the XOR metric – Maymounkov, Mazieres - 2002
192 Linked: The new science of networks – Barabási - 2002
133 Splitstream: High-bandwidth Content Distribution in Cooperative Environments – CASTRO, DRUSCHEL, et al. - 2003