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A Node Network is a collection of computers (i.e., interconnected) communicating over a network of equally privileged computers (i.e., there are no central authoritative computers). The Node network is sometimes referred to as a peer-to-peer (P2P) network. 1) “What is a Bitcoin node?”, Nate Eldredge, 14, December 2013, https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/18736/what-is-a-bitcoin-node 2) “What are Ethereum Nodes And Sharding?”, Ameer Rosic, 2017, https://blockgeeks.com/guides/what-are-ethereum-nodes-and-sharding/ 3) “IOTA Full Node — That’s Why a Full Node Is Important for IOTA!”, Marko Vidrih, February 2019, https://medium.com/altcoin-magazine/iota-full-node-thats-why-a-full-node-is-important-for-iota-1c46280d7712 4) “Introduction to IPFS: Run Nodes on Your Network, with HTTP Gateways”, Ross Bulat, 3 December 2018, https://medium.com/@rossbulat/introduction-to-ipfs-set-up-nodes-on-your-network-with-http-gateways-10e21ea689a4