By the way, I'm forking the clam code because I need a functioning p2p rumour network for something I'm trying out. I've changed the default ports and magic number, so no one running clams should notice anything. I'm open to the idea of directly integrating with the clam network in some way, but let's wait and see. I'll post something more depending on whether things are successful.
My fork of the clam code is described here:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=998559.msg13498133#msg13498133In short: I'm trying to use the modified clam network to pass around data for a different network (Qeditas). I do it by representing everything as a dummy clam tx (generally no inputs and no outputs) that has all the actual data in the clamspeech part. Yes, it's a hack. But it might work, and I don't have enough C++ experience to code it cleanly from scratch (like having a new class for each kind of data).