===== Node Network =====
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A **Node Network** is a collection of computers or [[dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:n:node | Nodes]] that are interconnected and 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**.
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"What is a Bitcoin node?", Nate Eldredge, 14, December 2013, [[https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/18736/what-is-a-bitcoin-node]] 
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(("What are Ethereum Nodes And Sharding?", Ameer Rosic, 2017, [[https://blockgeeks.com/guides/what-are-ethereum-nodes-and-sharding/]]))
(("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]]))
(( "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]] ))