This paper presents a micro-payment-based architecture for P2P content distribution networks using the Lightweight Currency Protocol. Under this architecture, autonomous peers form a dynamic overlay network that evolves as peers buy and sell documents with the Lightweight Currency Protocol (LCP). By adopting a payment-based system, member peers are forced to contribute resources in order to obtain benefits, thus eliminating the free-rider problem. We present a document search mechanism that is based on bidding, with the use of micro-payments.
Index Terms:
P2P content distribution, micro-payments, LCP, bidding
Citation:
Elharith Elrufaie, David A. Turner, "Bidding in P2P Content Distribution Networks using the Lightweight Currency Paradigm," itcc, vol. 2, pp.129, International Conference on Information Technology: Coding and Computing (ITCC'04) Volume 2, 2004