We’re currently heading toward v0.6, taking that opportunity to make some long pending non backward compatible changes, but also adding cool new features.
Current development heads toward an abstract network access interface, which will allow us to support IPv6, IPv4, and potentially onion addresses over the TOR network.
The new cache system called GXS, will bring a major improvement over the existing cache system: it is based on a pull model, rather than a push model, so it transmits only the missing information. It will offer a feedback and reputation system, and circles to group together—possibly non friends—peers into cryptographically controlled sets of people. We’re currently experimenting new services such as photo sharing, a twitter clone, and a system to share links. The development of GXS is nearly finished!
The core library also will get deeply improved: the serialisation has been reworked, and file lists from friends will be compressed. Both cause a significant gain in bandwidth. Last but not least, the RTT between peers has already been drastically reduced thanks to a new queuing system.
V0.6 will be out in late 2013, or early 2014.
Full Article:
https://retroshareteam.wordpress.com/2013/10/30/v0-5-5-release-notes/
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