# Gavin Andresen
# 2010-07-30 14:28:23
# https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=632.msg6656#msg6656

Speaking of the network... @p{brk}
... is there any really robust, generic, low-latency, open source p2p network "middleware" out there? @p{par}

I think using protocol buffers as the serialization format is a good idea, but I don't think just switching to protocol buffers "buys" enough to be worth the effort (at least not now, when transaction volume is low). @p{par}

I'd like to see some experimenting with running bitcoin on top of a different networking layer (and use protocol buffers, too).  Is there a p2p network that is designed to be extremely highly reliable and difficult to infiltrate or attack with malicious nodes? @p{brk}