Scaling libp2p GossipSub for Large Messages: An Evaluation of Performance Improvement Proposals
The original GossipSub design emphasizes robustness, with less focus on message sizes. However, emerging use cases—such as Ethereum's EIP-4844 and data availability sampling (DAS) require rapid propagation of high data volumes, often in the form of large messages. Many ongoing research efforts attempt to find solutions for efficiently forwarding large messages through the GossipSub network. This post provides a concise overview and performance evaluation of some research initiatives aimed at improving GossipSub to meet the performance needs of modern P2P networks.