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The other method is to do some kind of network analysis. This is broadly the approach that ssb uses - here independent parties post "follow" messages which bring that peer into your network. https://www.stellar.org/ is anothe example of this approach. For a voting system, you could have each peer state who they accept the votes of, and discount... See more
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You don't need all the data on your computer, just the data that is for your network, people you know, and maybe people they know.
The idea is not to have the entire network, just a subset of it.
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Even though Alice and Dan lack a direct connection, they can still exchange feeds: