{"id":2773,"date":"2024-10-22T08:44:11","date_gmt":"2024-10-22T08:44:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apex-aiexperts.com\/?p=2773"},"modified":"2024-10-22T08:44:11","modified_gmt":"2024-10-22T08:44:11","slug":"que-es-una-red","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apex-aiexperts.com\/es\/what-is-a-network\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00bfQu\u00e9 es una red?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Instead of a governing body or central organization (like a bank) managing transactions, Bitcoin is run by a network<\/strong> made up of thousands of computers running some software that handles the sending and receiving of bitcoins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This network of computers is called the Bitcoin network<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Before we dig deeper into the details of the actual Bitcoin network, let\u2019s take a step back first and review what a \u201cnetwork\u201d is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is a network?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

What\u2019s a network? Or more specifically, what\u2019s a computer<\/em> network?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A network<\/strong> is just a bunch of computers linked together allowing them to exchange data with each other.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are two basic ways a network can be arranged:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. Client-Server Network<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The first type of network is known as a \u201cclient-server network<\/strong>\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Client-Server<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

A client-server network is when there is one centralized computer (called the \u201cserver\u201d) that acts as a hub to which other computers (called \u201cclients\u201d) are connected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Data is requested by computers known as \u201cclients<\/strong>\u201d (such as PCs or even smartphones) and are served by computers called \u201cservers<\/strong>\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is the type of network configuration used by banks and popular payment apps like PayPal, Venmo, Apple Pay, and Google Pay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In conventional digital banking, your laptop or mobile phone acts as an electronic \u201cclient\u201d interacting with a central server operated by your bank.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This \u201chub-and-spoke<\/strong>\u201d network configuration is highly efficient but it\u2019s fragile since the server is a \u201cchokepoint\u201d and becomes a centralized single point of failure (\u201cSPOF\u201d).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If the server goes down, the entire<\/em> network goes down.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. Peer-to-Peer Network (P2P)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The second type of network is known as a \u201cpeer-to-peer network<\/strong>\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"P2P<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Where\u2019s the \u201cserver\u201d? There is none.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Instead of \u201cservers\u201d and \u201cclients\u201d, computers are simply known as \u201cnodos<\/strong>\u201d since they can function as both client AND server.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A peer-to-peer network,<\/strong> also known as a P2P network<\/strong>, is created when two or more computers are connected and exchange data with each other without going through a separate \u201cserver\u201d computer<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a P2P network, computers are able to \u201ctalk\u201d to each other directly<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Instead of a \u201chub-and-spoke\u201d configuration, a P2P network is structured like a \u201cspider web<\/strong>\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A popular example of a P2P network is the internet<\/strong> itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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For folks with a tad bit of gray hair, you may have remembered a famous music-sharing software called Napster<\/a>. Napster deserves credit for popularizing the use of software that runs on a P2P network. BitTorrent<\/a> is another one.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

In a peer-to-peer network:<\/p>\n\n\n\n