How does a client reach other clients on a Holochain network?

In a Holochain network, clients can reach other clients through a process called “peer discovery”. Peer discovery is the mechanism by which nodes in the network find and connect to each other.

When a client joins the Holochain network, it sends a request to the network to find other nodes that are running the same application. This request is broadcast to other nodes on the network, which respond with information about themselves, including their IP address, port number, and the application instance they are running. This information is stored in the client’s local “peer cache”, which maintains a list of all the nodes that the client can connect to.

Once a client has a list of available nodes, it can establish a connection to one or more of them using a secure protocol like WebSockets or HTTP. Once the connection is established, the client can exchange data and messages with other nodes in the network.

Holochain uses a peer-to-peer (P2P) network architecture, which means that there is no central server or authority that controls the network. Instead, each client in the network has equal status and can participate in the network’s governance and decision-making processes. This distributed architecture allows for greater scalability, resilience, and privacy than traditional centralized networks.

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