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'''konspire2b''' is a [[peer-to-peer]] network designed and implemented by Jason Rohrer. [[Client]]s/[[node]]s can subscribe to channels and receive all incoming [[file]]s from the channels they are subscribed to. Broadcasters can create channels and broadcast files to all the subscribers. 
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This makes konspire2b markedly different from traditional [[file sharing]] software, where users search for files on connected systems. Instead, a konspire2b user is encouraged to simply subscribe to some channels of interest, let the software run for a few hours, and then look at the files they have received.
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Any konspire2b user can create new channels. In order to broadcast files in a channel, a user needs to possess its [[private key]]. This private key can be shared among several users to allow for collaboratively run channels.
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There is currently a single client implementation called '''kast'''.  It uses a browser-based [[user interface]]. In its present implementation, konspire2b suffers from high protocol overhead for the broadcasting of "announcement" messages for files.
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All konspire2b-related software is [[open source]] under the [[GNU GPL]]. The konspire2b website uses a [[wiki]] for the purpose of documentation and [[brainstorming]].
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konspire2b succeeds the now defunct ''konspire'' network, a more traditional file client/server based file sharing application written in [[Java programming language|Java]]. Developer Jason Rohrer emphasizes that konspire2b  was written in C++ instead.
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Other projects by Jason Rohrer:


* [[token word]] - a [[Project Xanadu|Xanadu]]-style text editing system


* [[tangle]] - a [[proxy server]] which tries to find relationships between websites a user visits
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== External link ==


* [http://konspire.sourceforge.net/ konspire2b homepage]


* [http://www.infoanarchy.org/wiki/wiki.pl?Konspire infoAnarchy wiki entry for konspire]