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@@ -20,11 +20,12 @@ gittorrentd # Design -The design of GitTorrent has five components: -1. A "git transport helper" that knows how to download and unpack git objects, and can be used by Git itself to perform a fetch/clone/push. -1. A distributed hash table that advertises which git commits a node is willing to serve. -1. A BitTorrent protocol extension that negotiates sending a packfile with needed objects to a peer -1. A key/value store on the distributed hash table, used as a "user profile" describing a user's repositories and their latest git hashes. +The design of GitTorrent has five components: + +1. A "git transport helper" that knows how to download and unpack git objects, and can be used by Git itself to perform a fetch/clone/push. +1. A distributed hash table that advertises which git commits a node is willing to serve. +1. A BitTorrent protocol extension that negotiates sending a packfile with needed objects to a peer +1. A key/value store on the distributed hash table, used as a "user profile" describing a user's repositories and their latest git hashes. 1. A method for registering friendly usernames on Bitcoin's blockchain, so that a written username can be used to find a user instead of an ugly hex string. ## 1. Git Transport Helper |