Comment on Ripple is officially open-sourceComments−sown12ySo I'm just curious...but how does the ledger work? It's supposed to be eventually consistent, so nodes on the network eventually get a copy. How do they determine that everyone gets one?−wmf12yDistributing information through a gossip protocol is well known. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gossip_protocol The hard part is deciding on the contents of the ledger.−kylebrown12yhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pj1QVb1vlC0 - How Ripple Works - The Consensus Process (ADVANCED)
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So I'm just curious...but how does the ledger work? It's supposed to be eventually consistent, so nodes on the network eventually get a copy. How do they determine that everyone gets one?
Distributing information through a gossip protocol is well known. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gossip_protocol The hard part is deciding on the contents of the ledger.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pj1QVb1vlC0 - How Ripple Works - The Consensus Process (ADVANCED)