Building Virtual Digital Library Based on P2P and Blockchain

Abstract

Today, the new knowledge, works, data and archives are growing day by day and circulating rapidly. At the same time, people's demands for knowledge and information are increasingly diversified, showing such characteristics as personalization, internationalization, cross-time-space and intelligent integration. Traditional libraries, whether paper or digital, cannot adapt to them. In this paper, we propose a framework for establishing virtual digital library based on P2P and blockchain, called Peer Book Search and Library, or PBSL for short. In PBSL: Firstly, books and all kinds of materials are stored digitally on, peers, i.e., personal computers and other digital devices distributed around the world. Secondly, the search, distribution and transmission of various digital resources are based on DHT, peer search, peer transfer and other P2P technologies. Thirdly, blockchain technology is used in digital copyright protection, trade, propagation link maintenance, reading charge and so on. By integrating all above aspects creatively and systematically in software, a PBSL library will completely overcome the disadvantages of the existing library system, and become a brand new as well as subversive way for knowledge production, distribution, acquisition and consumption.