A method for autonomously routing data using in a peer-to-peer computer network, includes automatically updating a peer-to-peer computer network comprising a plurality of nodes and automatically relaying data from the first node to a second node by one of the neighbor nodes associated with the first node. The method further includes automatically sending pulse messages from a first node to neighbor nodes and candidate nodes, dynamically adjusting time intervals between the pulse messages, receiving return pulses by the first node from some of the neighbor nodes and the candidate nodes, calculating round-trip times (RTTs) between the first node and the neighbor nodes or the candidate nodes, sorting the nodes in the neighbor nodes and the candidate nodes into a plurality of orbital bins, and automatically selecting and assigning a node from the orbital bins to update neighbor nodes associated with the first node.