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On a semi-related note, I don't know if torrents are successful outside of piracy. In the last week or two I went back and downloaded all of my years worth of

On a semi-related note, I don't know if torrents are successful outside of piracy. In the last week or two I went back and downloaded all of my years worth of Humble Bundle ebooks/videos. I downloaded the torrent versions as they were easier to track failures with and the HB store does limit simultaneous downloads. I'm still wondering if I'm going to get an automated scaremail letter about using torrents from my ISP. I already received one for downloading Ubuntu years back, though IIRC that was a different provider.

Nuzzerino 8y ago
Computer game launchers and updaters, such as the one used by Blizzard, have used BitTorrent under the hood for years, for large downloads.
- eridius 8y ago
  The Blizzard client even used to have a window you could open where it would show the status of all the BitTorrent connections. I think they got rid of that some time ago though.
  - scrollaway 8y ago
    They stopped using BitTorrent due to issues with home firewalls, antiviruses misdetecting malware, etc.
- xfer 8y ago
  Does anyone if windows update use some DHT protocol too? It has an option to share windows updates with other computers.
boramalper 8y ago
> On a semi-related note, I don't know if torrents are successful outside of piracy. Regardless of the cause, they've been successful don't they? :) I think partially it was because you had to download a separate piece of software -a BitTorrent client- to utilise the network. This is also changing thanks to WebTorrent[0] and IPFS.js[1] which works right in our web browsers without even requiring an add-on! They enable initiatives such as PeerTube[2] -a decentralised video-hosting platform- and distributed (NoSQL) databases such as OrbitDB[3]. Convenience is the key and huge advancements have been made in that direction! [0]: https://github.com/webtorrent/webtorrent https://github.com/webtorrent/webtorrent [1]: https://github.com/ipfs/js-ipfs https://github.com/ipfs/js-ipfs [2]: https://joinpeertube.org/en/ https://joinpeertube.org/en/ [3]: https://github.com/orbitdb/orbit-db https://github.com/orbitdb/orbit-db
LowLevelHacker 8y ago
Hn just hates Bitcoin, they are too stupid to understand it.
Nasrudith 8y ago
Have you ever downloaded a Linux distro installer from a torrent? They are lightning compared to not only all of the other torrents but even direct downloads from the hosting sites.
- reificator 8y ago
  > Have you ever downloaded a Linux distro installer from a torrent? > > I already received one for downloading Ubuntu years back
  - Nasrudith 8y ago
    Ah whoops. Still it highlights a clear legitimate if relatively niche use.

Nuzzerino 8y ago

Computer game launchers and updaters, such as the one used by Blizzard, have used BitTorrent under the hood for years, for large downloads.

eridius 8y ago
The Blizzard client even used to have a window you could open where it would show the status of all the BitTorrent connections. I think they got rid of that some time ago though.
- scrollaway 8y ago
  They stopped using BitTorrent due to issues with home firewalls, antiviruses misdetecting malware, etc.
xfer 8y ago
Does anyone if windows update use some DHT protocol too? It has an option to share windows updates with other computers.

boramalper 8y ago

> On a semi-related note, I don't know if torrents are successful outside of piracy. Regardless of the cause, they've been successful don't they? :) I think partially it was because you had to download a separate piece of software -a BitTorrent client- to utilise the network. This is also changing thanks to WebTorrent[0] and IPFS.js[1] which works right in our web browsers without even requiring an add-on! They enable initiatives such as PeerTube[2] -a decentralised video-hosting platform- and distributed (NoSQL) databases such as OrbitDB[3]. Convenience is the key and huge advancements have been made in that direction! [0]: https://github.com/webtorrent/webtorrent https://github.com/webtorrent/webtorrent [1]: https://github.com/ipfs/js-ipfs https://github.com/ipfs/js-ipfs [2]: https://joinpeertube.org/en/ https://joinpeertube.org/en/ [3]: https://github.com/orbitdb/orbit-db https://github.com/orbitdb/orbit-db

LowLevelHacker 8y ago

Hn just hates Bitcoin, they are too stupid to understand it.

Nasrudith 8y ago

Have you ever downloaded a Linux distro installer from a torrent? They are lightning compared to not only all of the other torrents but even direct downloads from the hosting sites.

reificator 8y ago
> Have you ever downloaded a Linux distro installer from a torrent? > > I already received one for downloading Ubuntu years back
- Nasrudith 8y ago
  Ah whoops. Still it highlights a clear legitimate if relatively niche use.