title: Corda Node vs Party Clarification
body: <p>Newbie alert and just finished the Corda Bootcamp videos and a few exercises.</p>
  
  <p>Something that's unclear to me is: From the minimalistic "standalone" examples, I see that that Node=Party=Single JVM Process.</p>
  
  <p>Is this the way it has been designed? From going through examples, it appears to me that a Party is a person (who is identified by a certificate) and part of the network.</p>
  
  <p>If we model a Party to be a Node, then how can this be dynamic (where persons could join the network at realtime)?</p>
  
  <p>Also, is it crazy to model Party as a department in an organisation (like below)?</p>
  
  <p>For an imaginary example:</p>
  
  <pre><code>PartyA = Human Resources Department
  PartyB = IT Department
  PartyC = Finance Department
  PartyD = Executives
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Each of these departments transact with each other (in terms of a Person's payroll record, Project financials etc).</p>