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There isn’t a “top of the hierarchy node” in BitTorrent. Everyone gets treated the same less some tit for tat rules which usually don’t apply because a swarm us
by marderfarker2 5y ago
There isn’t a “top of the hierarchy node” in BitTorrent. Everyone gets treated the same less some tit for tat rules which usually don’t apply because a swarm usually has that 1 or 2 altruistic seeders.
- pjc50 5y agoBut where do you get your list of torrents from? TPB is what I had in mind as the top of the hierarchy.
- marderfarker2 5y agoThose are torrent indexes, which is not part of BitTorrent. They’re not essential to function. BitTorrent do come with centralized trackers but they are designed to not hold any payload.
- pjc50 5y agoYes, this is parallel to the web3 situation with e.g. metamask or badgerdao; the system is technically decentralized, but most people use it through a front end which naturally re-centralizes it again.
- delusional 5y agoWe live in the world where law enforcement forced BitTorrent to become p2p. If that hadn't happened we probably wouldn't be using torrents and just downloading our stuff from rapidshare or MegaUpload or something. It doesn't make sense to refute the argument by saying the argument is true.