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Geographic Patterns in I2P Peer Selection: An Empirical Network Topology Analysis

Jacques Bou Abdo, Jess Kropczynski, Murat Ozer, Siddique Abubakr Muntaka

I2P peer selection produces random geographic mixing with no significant country clustering.

arxiv:2605.14435 v1 · 2026-05-14 · cs.NI · cs.CR

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We found a network-level absence of significant geographic homophily. The assortativity coefficient was r = 0.017 (p = 0.222). Same-country connections (11.1%) are statistically near random expectation (10.91%).

C2weakest assumption

The SWARM-I2P dataset of 327 routers and 254 connections is representative of the full I2P network and the permutation model correctly captures the null hypothesis of random peer selection under I2P's /16 subnet rule.

C3one line summary

I2P peer selection exhibits no significant geographic homophily, with assortativity near zero and same-country links matching random expectations.

References

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[1] Optimizing Anonymity and Efficiency: A Critical Review of Path Selection Strategies in Tor 2025

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[3] Resilience of the Invisible Internet Project: A Computational Analysis 2025 · doi:10.1002/itl2.70119

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[5] A systematic survey on security in anonymity networks: Vulnerabilities, attacks, de- fenses, and formalization 2024

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arxiv: 2605.14435 · arxiv_version: 2605.14435v1 · doi: 10.48550/arxiv.2605.14435 · pith_short_12: E6QTXS4DCLYD · pith_short_16: E6QTXS4DCLYD6BCJ · pith_short_8: E6QTXS4D

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