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Amazing that not a single comment mentioned that BitTorrent was made for sharing anime originally and it's first users were all basically fansub groups.
by 0x0nyandesu 5y ago
Amazing that not a single comment mentioned that BitTorrent was made for sharing anime originally and it's first users were all basically fansub groups.
- visarga 5y agoI thought it was originally used to distribute Linux ISO files on release day when FTP servers were drowned in requests. I remember it was a Slashdot thread where people were for the first time trying it and being amazed at the speeds.
- kuroguro 5y agoI believe it's claimed to be originally designed/used by a music sharing community (etree.org) where artists explicitly gave permission.