Iroh-blobs 0.95 Release: New Connection Pool, Downloader, and Performance Features
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Summary
Iroh-blobs 0.95 introduces several significant new features including a connection pool for managing concurrent connections, a downloader for orchestrating downloads from multiple peers, a new blob format with improved metadata handling, and enhanced performance optimizations. The update focuses on improving efficiency for blob storage and transfer operations while maintaining backward compatibility.
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There is a new connection pool in util::connection_pool. This is useful whenever you have a protocol that has to talk to a large number of endpoints while keeping an upper bound of concurrent open connections.
The downloader is a new component that can orchestrate downloads from multiple peers.
There is a new blob format that is more efficient and easier to work with.
The new features are designed to be backward compatible with existing code.
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