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For BitTorrent isn’t there a tracker server which establishes your connection to the swarm? BGP - as in for routers? I’m talking end user applications SMTP -

by ssss11 5y ago

For BitTorrent isn’t there a tracker server which establishes your connection to the swarm? BGP - as in for routers? I’m talking end user applications SMTP - needs a server I believe, in any case there may be a way to craft and send emails on the cli but end users aren’t using that

captn3m0 5y ago
DHT doesn't use trackers: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mainline_DHT https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mainline_DHT What's true for SMTP also holds for BTC etc. Most users are just handing custody to exchanges, so crypto isn't really decentralized either.