P2P Networking

Picoin is evolving toward a distributed peer-to-peer architecture.

The network is designed to support:

• peer discovery;
• block propagation;
• transaction propagation;
• distributed synchronization;
• validator communication.

Future versions are expected to support fully distributed networking between independent nodes.

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Node Types

Picoin supports multiple specialized node roles.

Full Nodes

Full nodes:

• synchronize blockchain state;
• validate blocks;
• maintain chain integrity.

Miner Nodes

Miner nodes:

• execute Proof of Pi computation;
• generate commitments;
• propose blocks.

Validator Nodes

Validator nodes:

• verify samples;
• approve blocks;
• contribute to consensus.

Auditor Nodes

Auditor nodes:

• execute retroactive audits;
• verify historical integrity;
• detect inconsistencies.

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Gossip Protocol

Picoin is evolving toward distributed gossip propagation.

The protocol is expected to propagate:

• blocks;
• transactions;
• validator votes;
• audit requests;
• governance proposals.

Gossip networking is designed to improve:

• decentralization;
• fault tolerance;
• synchronization.

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Mempool

The Picoin mempool is designed to temporarily store pending network actions.

Future mempool functionality may include:

• pending transactions;
• scientific jobs;
• staking requests;
• governance actions.

The mempool is expected to support distributed transaction propagation across nodes.

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Peer Discovery

Peer discovery is designed to allow nodes to locate and connect to network peers.

Future networking versions may include:

• bootstrap peers;
• peer registries;
• heartbeat systems;
• peer reputation.

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Wallets

Picoin wallets are designed to support:

• transaction signing;
• staking;
• treasury interaction;
• scientific compute participation.

The protocol currently uses Ed25519 cryptographic signatures.

Future versions are expected to support:

• wallet import/export;
• balance queries;
• transaction history;
• distributed signing workflows.