Re:Show HN: Ouroboros – A Decentralized Packet Network
by despair3435 on Wednesday January 15, 2020 @09:21AM
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No, Ouroboros rethinks the whole network architecture, from the ground up. cjdns and yggdrasil build on top of IPv6, which we believe has the same architectural flaws as IPv4.
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Re:Show HN: Ouroboros – A Decentralized Packet Network
by neilalexander on Wednesday January 15, 2020 @09:45AM
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For accuracy, Yggdrasil doesn't "build on top of IPv6", it merely uses IPv6 over TUN in the current binaries because that most closely translates to a usable experience for real people today without having to rewrite their applications. It has been a good way to get users to help scale-test.
The underlying routing scheme, virtual switch/router implementation, specification etc are not aware of (nor do they care about) IP.