# magic id to use before we know a peer's id
NULL_ID = 20 * '\0'
-# Kademlia "K" constant
+# Kademlia "K" constant, this should be an even number
K = 8
# SHA1 is 160 bits long
HASH_LENGTH = 160
+# checkpoint every this many seconds
+CHECKPOINT_INTERVAL = 60 * 15 # fifteen minutes
+
### SEARCHING/STORING
# concurrent xmlrpc calls per find node/value request!