Summary

In the above chapters, we summarize the theory, platforms and applications of DHT. In theory, there are plenty of variants of DHT, which provide many choices for constructing DHT-based platforms and applications. Meanwhile, a number of platforms of DHT have been built for several years, both in academic area and commercial area. These platforms provide an efficient way to construct applications. The direct reason of prosperity of theory and platforms is the wide range of uses of DHT. On the one hand, from the summary in the above chapters, DHT is widely used in many aspects, which motivates the research for DHT. On the other hand, there are lots of studies contributed on DHT, which is convenient for developing the applications. All in all, DHT is a promising technology and has much influence on the development of networks.