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Sam Dawson

What is P2P?

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P2P, or “Peer to Peer”, is an alternate way of building networks that eschews the traditional “client and server” network architecture in favor of a decentralized network architecture. 

In a P2P network, each peer connects directly to other peers to share and access resources within the network. Peers take on the role of both client and server, eliminating the need for a central server. 

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