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Content-Addressable Web Specifications

  • HTTP Extensions for a Content-Addressable Web (CAW) - This document describes a set of simple, yet powerful, extensions to HTTP that enable clients to perform secure, distributed downloads.
  • Tree Hash EXchange format (THEX) - This document defines a serialization and interchange format for Merkle Hash Trees. These hash trees allow very efficient, fine-grained integrity checking of content in a distributed network.
  • Partial File Sharing Protocol - This document defines HTTP extensions for discovering which bytes in a file are available to be downloaded. This protocol enables "swarm downloads" to be implemented over HTTP.

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