Peer-to-peer hole punching without centralized infrastructure
summary
Describes libp2p — a modular, multi-language peer-to-peer networking library used by projects like IPFS — and explains its core building blocks and how they integrate. Then examines libp2p’s decentralized hole punching feature that enables NAT and firewall traversal without using central STUN or TURN servers, detailing how peer-to-peer traversal is achieved.
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