The following key features will be part of Gnewtella v2
| Decentralized network |
Following the tradition of the old Gnutella versions, Gnewtella will
use the same type of decentralized network. |
| Strong encryption | Military grade encryption helps both privacy (by making it impossible to wiretap Gnutellanet messages at the ISP & by encrypting configuration files on the users hard disk) and security (by using digital signatures to uniquely identify another user) |
| Peer review functions | Each client controls the other clients which share a connection to it. If a connected client is found to send out abusive and/or malicious data, it can be ignored or disconnected from the network. |
| Advanced download scheduling | New ways of queuing and organizing downloads make it possible to transmit large files (e.g. 700 MB) over a relatively unreliable network (like Gnutellanet) |