user12782: Why does the Satoshi client not use blocking synchronous communication with peers? I think that is mush simpler than the current asynchronous scheme.
I mean after a node sends out a request, it waits for the response in a blocking manner, with a timeout deadline. After the response has arrived, it starts to send the next request. Doesn't this way have better control of communication context?

user11253: If all clients in a network used blocking synchronous communications, then a single bad client could potentially bring down the entire network.
In a distributed untrusted network, asynchronous communications are required for robustness and reliability.

12782: <p>Why does the Satoshi client not use blocking synchronous communication with peers? I think that is mush simpler than the current asynchronous scheme.</p>

<p>I mean after a node sends out a request, it waits for the response in a blocking manner, with a timeout deadline. After the response has arrived, it starts to send the next request. Doesn't this way have better control of communication context?</p>
 11253: <p>If all clients in a network used blocking synchronous communications, then a single bad client could potentially bring down the entire network.</p>

<p>In a distributed untrusted network, asynchronous communications are required for robustness and reliability.</p>
