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diff --git a/notes/spec_todo.txt b/notes/spec_todo.txt index b361f70..ad05c69 100644 --- a/notes/spec_todo.txt +++ b/notes/spec_todo.txt @@ -1,15 +1,24 @@ Things that were underspecified in the spec/whitepaper: +- nonce: 24 or 32 bytes? (impl is 24, spec says 32) - endianness of magic (big-endian) - uppercase/lowercase of algorithm name (inconsistent in one place) - what if there is only a single chunk/entry in a register tree? then a leaf acts as a root? +- unclear where protobuf schema actually lives... +- "append only" is mentioned many times, but need to write "back in" to merkel + tree on many occasions +- inconsistent message names between .proto and whitepaper "You can use the byteOffset property in the Stat meta- data object to seek into the right position in the content for the start of this chunk." => unnecessary, node.js specific? +"If you are sharing multiple hypercores on the same port you can use this event +to wait for the remote peer to indicate which hypercore they are interested inj" + + Clarify: appending to tree SLEEP results in writes into middle of file (for root nodes). This seems not-great for performance (can't bulk-write). Better to cache or work in RAM then batch commit? |