Methods and systems for data caching and delivery over a decentralized edge network

A cacher peer node system for distributing a data file within a decentralized data delivery network, comprising:

• at least one processor;
• and
• a non-transitory physical medium for storing program code accessible by the processor, the program code when executed by the processor causes the processor to:
• send a client statistic to a tracker server, wherein the client statistic comprises a cacher location of the cacher peer node and a performance specification of the cacher peer node, and wherein the decentralized data delivery network implements a hybrid architecture comprising one or more peer-to-peer (P2P) connections layered over a content delivery network (CDN) having at least one CDN server providing a plurality of fragments of the data file to the cacher peer node;
• receive a caching instruction from the tracker server to download a subset of the plurality of fragments of the data file from the CDN server, wherein the caching instruction is generated based on the client statistic;
• and
• download the subset of the plurality of fragments of the data file from the CDN server, according to the caching instruction.

A non-transitory physical storage medium for storing program code accessible by a processor on a cacher peer node to distribute a data file in a decentralized data delivery network, the program code when executed by the processor causes the processor to:

• send a client statistic to a tracker server, wherein the client statistic comprises a cacher location of the cacher peer node and a performance specification of the cacher peer node, and wherein the decentralized data delivery network implements a hybrid architecture comprising one or more peer-to-peer (P2P) connections layered over a content delivery network (CDN) having at least one CDN server providing a plurality of fragments of the data file to the cacher peer node;
• receive a caching instruction from the tracker server to download a subset of the plurality of fragments of the data file from the CDN server, wherein the caching instruction is generated based on the client statistic;
• and
• download the subset of the plurality of fragments of the data file from the CDN server, according to the caching instruction.