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@reiver ⊼ (Charles) :batman:@reiver@mastodon.social (2026-06-03 09:21:19)
RE: https://mastodon.social/@reiver/116681762071911900

P2P CDN for Low-Cost Video and File Delivery

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A CDN is a service that stores copies of your website's files in many locations around the world so visitors can download them from a nearby server instead of one far away. This makes your website load faster and stay available even when lots of people are using it at the same time.

CDNs are not only important for Fediverse servers but they are important for the Web in general

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#FediDev #CDN #ContentDeliveryNetwork #ContentDistributionNetwork
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@reiver ⊼ (Charles) :batman:@reiver@mastodon.social (2026-06-03 09:23:56)
P2P CDN for Low-Cost Video and File Delivery

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There are definitely affordable commercial choices for CDNs for smaller sites and home-labers.

But, if you are trying to build a community (with many, many users) — a CDN can become expensive. Even very expensive.

(Electronic Arts (EA) has a whole team that takes up half a floor whose job iis to negotiate pricing from the Akamai CDN company.)

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#FediDev #CDN #ContentDeliveryNetwork #ContentDistributionNetwork

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@reiver ⊼ (Charles) :batman:@reiver@mastodon.social (2026-06-03 09:30:45)
P2P CDN for Low-Cost Video and File Delivery

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There are techniques for creating a CDN that can support a community while keeping costs down.

You can trace the history of these techniques back to at least the 1990s.

Broadly speaking, these techniques were use with:

BitTorrent, Private BitTorrent Trackers, and Direct Connect.

I think the Fediverse can and should learn from these techniques, and put them to use.

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#FediDev #CDN #ContentDeliveryNetwork #ContentDistributionNetwork