Re: Random Top Nodes

[arden]

demerphq, I like the idea, in fact I think it's great. My only concern (not having seen the code) is how much of a hit will it put upon the server? We know that the Monastery can be slow at times as it stands now, how will it be if we're adding calls to randomly choose ten nodes from a list of 1,000 and another randomly chosen ten from a list of 500? I don't know. I'm just wondering if anyone else has thought about it.

I do hope that it gets implemented, but I think we need to be ready to pull it quickly if the server degrades due to it.

- - Arden.

[demerphq]

Personally i doubt if the hit will be much more than currently is encountered with Best Nodes. (And there is experimental evidence that suggests as much.) However actually determining the costs of this proposal is beyond my abilities at the time. One of the gods must make this decision.