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Multi-writer hypercore.
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Question: Will using multi.writer('foo') on two different peers result in a forked feed/hypercore? #50

Closed Juul closed 3 years ago

Juul commented 3 years ago

If peer A creates a new feed with multi.writer('foo') and then feed.append() and then peer B replicates with peer A before also calling multi.writer('foo') and appending to the feed, will they be appending to the same feed, potentially forking the feed, or will they each create their own local feed?

I ask because it looks like I somehow have run into a forked feed situation and I'm wondering if I misunderstood something fundamental.

RangerMauve commented 3 years ago

The names are local to each peer, they generate a unique key per peer. The name is there to make it easier to reference locally created feeds by name.

hackergrrl commented 3 years ago

Yes! I just updated the README to try and be more explicit about this.