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Mutable torrents do exist (https://www.bittorrent.org/beps/bep_0046.html https://www.bittorrent.org/beps/bep_0046.html). Your "URL" can now be a public key, and

by rakoo 5y ago

Mutable torrents do exist (https://www.bittorrent.org/beps/bep_0046.html https://www.bittorrent.org/beps/bep_0046.html). Your "URL" can now be a public key, and clients will fetch the latest version of the torrent.

ddtaylor 5y ago
This is actually really neat I wasn't aware of these BEPs. Do you know of any place where they are being used?
- rakoo 5y ago
  libtorrent has it, webtorrent has been working on it but development of this feature seems to have stalled. That's a real shame, because webtorrent can be used directly from the browser so it would have been very practical to use a single dependency and have pretty much the same functionalities as the article
  - ddtaylor 5y ago
    I am also curious if any services or sites are using it yet.
    - publiush 5y ago
      I actually made a system called federalist [1] that uses mutable torrents. Hope you like it! [1] https://github.com/publiusfederalist/federalist https://github.com/publiusfederalist/federalist