Editing Gnutella (section)

{{short description|Large peer-to-peer network by Nullsoft}}
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'''Gnutella''' is a [[peer-to-peer network]] protocol. Founded in 2000, it was the first decentralized peer-to-peer network of its kind, leading to other, later networks adopting the model.<ref>{{cite magazine | last=Kushner | first=David | title=The World's Most Dangerous Geek | date=January 13, 2004 | magazine=Rolling Stone | url=http://74.220.215.94/~davidkus/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=82:the-worlds-most-dangerous-geek-&catid=35:articles&Itemid=54 | access-date=May 10, 2011 | archive-url=https://archive.today/20120630204949/http://74.220.215.94/~davidkus/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=82:the-worlds-most-dangerous-geek-&catid=35:articles&Itemid=54 | archive-date=June 30, 2012}}</ref>
 
In June 2005, Gnutella's population was 1.81 million computers<ref>[http://www.slyck.com/news.php?story=814 Slyck News - eDonkey2000 Nearly Double the Size of FastTrack] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180129195624/http://www.slyck.com/news.php?story=814 |date=2018-01-29 }}, Thomas Mennecke for [[Slyck.com]], June 2, 2005.</ref>  increasing to over three million nodes by January 2006.<ref name="population">[http://www.barsoom.org/papers/gi-2006-long-term.pdf On the Long-term Evolution of the Two-Tier Gnutella Overlay] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170810060540/http://barsoom.org/papers/gi-2006-long-term.pdf |date=2017-08-10 }}. Rasti, Stutzbach, Rejaie, 2006.  See Figure 2a.</ref> In late 2007, it was the most popular file-sharing network on the Internet with an estimated market share of more than 40%.<ref>[https://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080421-study-bittorren-sees-big-growth-limewire-still-1-p2p-app.html Ars Technica Study: BitTorrent sees big growth, LimeWire still #1 P2P app] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081216011917/https://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080421-study-bittorren-sees-big-growth-limewire-still-1-p2p-app.html |date=2008-12-16 }} Eric Bangeman, April 21, 2008.</ref>