vented. Peers affected by delays, network
partitions, or other causes resulting in missed blocks will eventually be
synced up to the current ledger state by contacting peers in possession of these
missing blocks.</p>
<p>The gossip-based data dissemination protocol performs three primary functions on
a Fabric network:</p>
<ol class="arabic simple">
<li><p>Manages peer discovery and channel membership, by continually
identifying available member peers, and eventually detecting peers that have
gone offline.</p