Peer-to-peer (often abbreviated as P2P) is a distributed networking or computing architecture that divides tasks or workloads across several computer systems (each one acting as an individual peer). P2P networks can be used to share any kind of digital data, including cryptocurrenciesA digital currency in which transactions are verified and records maintained by a decentralized system using cryptography, rather than by....
In a P2P network, each peer may be referred to as a nodeA computer that connects to a blockchain network. Read More, and the collective work of these nodes is what maintains the system. In this context, each node (peer) acts both as a client and as a server in relation to other nodes. This means that all peers play the same role, receiving and broadcasting digital data.
