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Bit off-topic but what are your thoughts on using libtorrent for content distribution such as podcasts?
by Pmop 7y ago
Bit off-topic but what are your thoughts on using libtorrent for content distribution such as podcasts?
- kuzimoto 7y agoAre you asking specifically about libtorrent, or about BitTorrent in general? I think BitTorrent is really good for content distribution, as it's spreads the burden of traffic across many peers. In a typical server-client situation, the greater the number of clients, the bigger the burden on the server. But with BitTorrent, the load is spread between all clients, reducing the load for any one "server".
- ohithereyou 7y agoBitTorrent was much more commonly used for podcast distribution in the first half of the 2000s, so there is some precident.