The Book of Swarm

1. Prolegomena
2. Acknowledgments

Part I · Prelude

1. 1

   The evolution

   1. 1.1Historical context
   2. 1.2Fair data economy
   3. 1.3The vision

Part II · Design and architecture

1. Introduction
2. 2

   Network

   1. 2.1Topology and routing
   2. 2.2Swarm storage
   3. 2.3Push and pull: chunk retrieval and syncing
3. 3

   Incentives

   1. 3.1Sharing bandwidth
   2. 3.2Swap: accounting and settlement
   3. 3.3Postage stamps
   4. 3.4Fair redistribution
   5. 3.5Insurance: negative incentives
   6. 3.6Summary
4. 4

   Building on the DISC

   1. 4.1Data structures
   2. 4.2Access control
   3. 4.3Feeds: mutability in an immutable store
   4. 4.4Pss: direct push messaging with mailboxing
5. 5

   Persistence

   1. 5.1Cross-neighbourhood redundancy: erasure codes and dispersed replicas
   2. 5.2Data stewardship: pinning, reupload and recovery
   3. 5.3Dream: deletion and immutable content
6. 6

   Developer interface

   1. 6.1Configuring and tracking uploads
   2. 6.2Storage
   3. 6.3Communication

Part III · Indexes

1. Glossary
2. Acronyms and abbreviations

1. Bibliography
2. Index