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BitTorrent uses TCP properly instead of implementing a poor version of TCP using UDP which is why it is much faster than eDonkey.

• bawolff 6y ago
  Except when you are using μTP...
• yyyk 6y ago
  Emulating sorta-TCP via UDP is something modern protocols like QUIC also do. It's the difference between 'a poor version' and 'a decent version' that matters.