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@@ -383,9 +383,12 @@ Utilizes pubsub for publishing ipns records in real time.
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When it is enabled:
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- IPNS publishers push records to a name-specific pubsub topic,
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in addition to publishing to the DHT.
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-- IPNS resolvers subscribe to the name-specific topic and receive newly
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- published records through pubsub in real time. Note that the initial resolution
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- still goes through the DHT, as there is no message history in pubsub.
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+- IPNS resolvers subscribe to the name-specific topic on first
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+ resoltion and receive subsequently published records through pubsub
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+ in real time. This makes subsequent resolutions instant, as they
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+ are resolved through the local cache. Note that the initial
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+ resolution still goes through the DHT, as there is no message
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+ history in pubsub.
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Both the publisher and the resolver nodes need to have the feature enabled for it
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to work effectively.