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Tribler developer here. We have been working hard to mature and deploy this feature, and we are getting close to a fully operational token economy and decentral

Tribler developer here. We have been working hard to mature and deploy this feature, and we are getting close to a fully operational token economy and decentralized marketplace. We have designed and implemented own scalable blockchain implementation, which we use to keep track of bandwidth transfers over time. The next step is to actively refuse connections to peers who have a low balance. Other than that, we are also actively working on many other scientific problems. One of these problems, is how to bootstrap trust in distributed systems. Numerous master students and PhD students have been working on this topic. For a complete list of our ongoing efforts, see https://github.com/Tribler/tribler/wiki#current-items-under-active-development https://github.com/Tribler/tribler/wiki#current-items-under-....

pdimitar 8y ago
Does the Tribler client have the feature of acting like a "super-node"? Namely I don't want to download anything right now, but I am OK to donate (rent?) my bandwidth and storage so people can upload to my machine (and download from it) while I am out for 6 hours doing chores and errands?
- tribler 8y ago
  Yes, you can donate your bandwidth to others. This gives you bandwidth tokens. Tech details: https://github.com/Tribler/tribler/issues/3337 https://github.com/Tribler/tribler/issues/3337
  - pdimitar 8y ago
    I installed the app and still have no idea what to do. I would like to start an experiment where I import several Linux distribution torrents (that I already have) and have people download from me. I don't want to download them from scratch because I already have them. How do I do this? Or am I misreading the idea of the app? It seems to me that it is a BitTorrent client with extra features, am I wrong?
    - synctext 8y ago
      For seeding and creating a new channel with content: https://www.tribler.org/faq.html https://www.tribler.org/faq.html Bear with us, the documentation is still work in progress. If other Tribler users download from your channel, you get tokens. See https://www.tribler.org/howto.html https://www.tribler.org/howto.html
      - pdimitar 8y ago
        Thank you, those helped.
      - WhiteOwlLion 8y ago
        What are the tokens good for, getting priority bandwidth when you want content? Does the purchase of Bittorrent Inc by Tron affect your organization or strategy at all?

pdimitar 8y ago

Does the Tribler client have the feature of acting like a "super-node"? Namely I don't want to download anything right now, but I am OK to donate (rent?) my bandwidth and storage so people can upload to my machine (and download from it) while I am out for 6 hours doing chores and errands?

tribler 8y ago
Yes, you can donate your bandwidth to others. This gives you bandwidth tokens. Tech details: https://github.com/Tribler/tribler/issues/3337 https://github.com/Tribler/tribler/issues/3337
- pdimitar 8y ago
  I installed the app and still have no idea what to do. I would like to start an experiment where I import several Linux distribution torrents (that I already have) and have people download from me. I don't want to download them from scratch because I already have them. How do I do this? Or am I misreading the idea of the app? It seems to me that it is a BitTorrent client with extra features, am I wrong?
  - synctext 8y ago
    For seeding and creating a new channel with content: https://www.tribler.org/faq.html https://www.tribler.org/faq.html Bear with us, the documentation is still work in progress. If other Tribler users download from your channel, you get tokens. See https://www.tribler.org/howto.html https://www.tribler.org/howto.html
    - pdimitar 8y ago
      Thank you, those helped.
    - WhiteOwlLion 8y ago
      What are the tokens good for, getting priority bandwidth when you want content? Does the purchase of Bittorrent Inc by Tron affect your organization or strategy at all?