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State of Freenet #4

As always, things have been moving rapidly in Freenet development. Over the past few weeks there has been the usual gaggle of bug-fixes, the datastore code is looking very stable at the moment, and user-feedback is pretty positive.

The focus has recently shifted to node and network performance. We have done some detailed profiling of the node's memory and processor usage, and in the process identified and fixed some problems that were really slowing down people's machines.

We implemented a new "Infolet" architecture, which provides a more user-friendly way to peer inside your node's inner-workings. This is now available by default, just regenerate your freenet.conf file and select the NodeInfoServlet option, then visit http://127.0.0.1:8890/ in your web browser.

A new third-party application has come onto the scene. "Freenet Message Board" allows people to communicate in a manner similar to Usenet but where everyone's messages can be cryptographically authenticated. See Third Party Tools for further details of FMB.

Applications like FMB generate a lot of traffic on the network, so we have also been working to reduce overall network traffic. Just today Oskar checked in some modifications which should reduce the impact that messaging applications such as Frost and FMB are having on the network.

Along similar lines, Oskar and GJ have been working to improve Freenet's load balancing, they have already checked-in some improvements, and are currently doing some research to decide how-best to further address this issue.

Bottom line: Things are moving quickly, and people should ensure that they keep up-to-date with the daily snapshot so that they don't miss out on new improvements.