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> But I suppose that would be basically impossible on today's internet. Bittorrent works just fine here.

• dboreham 5y ago
  No it doesn't. (you're relying on someone's public server for it to work).
  • npteljes 5y ago
    Originally we did, and we still do, as it's way more convenient. But the bittorrent protocol has been improved so that it doesn't need servers anymore. The Distributed Hash Network can handle peer discovery and search queries too.
  • input_sh 5y ago
    Yes, that's the point of peer-to-peer communication, you need peers to communicate with.