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Well, they weren't torrent sites in the late 90s and probably not the early 2000s either. The Bittorrent protocol wasn't released until July 2001 and it took a
by jordigh 8y ago
Well, they weren't torrent sites in the late 90s and probably not the early 2000s either. The Bittorrent protocol wasn't released until July 2001 and it took a few years to get popular.
Back then, they were just servers you downloaded stuff from.
- YUMad 8y agoSuprNova started in 2nd half od 2002. Anime subbing groups also started offerin torrents very early.
- ElCapitanMarkla 8y agoI forgot about SuprNova. That site had me pushing my 10gb cap every month
- epanchin 8y agoNapster started in 1999. Search was centralised, but downloads were p2p. Edit: it shut down in 2001, and everyone I knew at the time was using it. vanderZwan might have misused the word torrent, but the rest of his post is spot on.