Gossip protocols, which maintain relaxed consistency requirements amongst a very large group of nodes. A gossip protocol is simple in concept. Each nodes sends out some data to a set of other nodes. Data propagates through the system node by node like a virus. Eventually data propagates to every node in the system. It's a way for nodes to build a global map from limited local interactions.
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