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₿itcoin on Nostr: Files that are transferred over the network are splitted up in pieces and identified ...

Files that are transferred over the network are splitted up in pieces and identified with hashes so that any node does not have to store the whole file in order to provide requested data. It uses a distributed hashtable to know who has what. It uses torrent and magnet links to identify all the pieces of the file.