Hello everyone,

I recently came across an article on TorrentFreak about the BitTorrent protocol and found myself wondering if it has remained relevant in today’s digital landscape. Given the rapid advancements in technology, I was curious to know if BitTorrent has been surpassed by a more efficient protocol, or if it continues to hold its ground (like I2P?).

Thank you for your insights!

  • @[email protected]English
    98•9 days ago

    Most piracy is either two ancient methods that work perfectly of Usenet or BitTorrent. There is nothing wrong with these methods.

    • finleyEnglish
      24•9 days ago

      Considering that USENET goes back to the 70s, and bittorrent was invented in 2001, one of these things is clearly ancient and the other isn’t.

        • Tar_AlcaranEnglish
          23•9 days ago

          I dislike this fact, because I very clearly remember when it was brand spanking new

            • ddhEnglish
              4•8 days ago

              Haha yes! 20 little BitTorrent windows ticking along

          • @leftzeroEnglish
            8•8 days ago

            I remember when eDonkey and later eMule were brand spanking new… It took quite a while for BitTorrent to gain enough traction (and for me to get fast enough internet) for it to be better… (and, frankly, I still miss eMule’s Kademlia network’s peer to peer search capabilities…)

    • ՈրբունիEnglish
      16•8 days ago

      Usenet has many things wrong with it, NNTP is not at all designed for distributing large files, it’s for propagating messages across servers. File integrity checks have to be tacked on for instance, and the few servers still serving binaries are commercial services that are vulnerable to copyright trolls.