@skyfaller @shauna In #TransforMap times, we liked to talk about polycentric topologies. Berlin is one such example of a polycentric network of many towns and villages combined in one entity, the city.

Also store-and-forward protocols like SMTP or LoFi.Re remember us that maybe we are talking about different combined degrees of centrality instead. AFAIK P2P discoverability in planet-scale P2P networks remains unsolved.