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Ask HN: Is Torrent a Dying Protocol?
With the crackdown on sites like P!##@t#@y, is the use of torrent protocol dying?
- mariuolo 5y agoAlso not all countries prosecute or allow for lawsuits against downloaders.
- ksec 5y agoAgain, wording matters. The protocol is declining. Sure. It is certainly not dying, which implies 5 - 10 years from now it will disappear entirely. We have similar discussion only a few days ago [1], copying my answer here. >Bandwidth is also getting cheaper. May be there is a floor somewhere, but we dont seems to have that in sight. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30436367 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30436367
- yanmaani 5y agoProbably not. The technology still exists, and nothing beats it on P2P file transfer. From the economic point, the fragmentation of streaming services will probably give it a resurgence.
- rektide 5y agoNothing recent appears on https://torrentfreak.com/?s=piratebay https://torrentfreak.com/?s=piratebay , site appears fine. I'm not sure where this mysterious shade-casting comes from? BitTorrent has proven itself quite robust & resilient since the DHT & magnet links were introduced. Projects like Tribler[1][2] have been the leading edge of technology, working to create better fairness, to beget p2p search technologies, to allow p2p live streaming, all based around BitTorrent fundamentals. There's still very little technology like it, that could conceivably replace it. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/from?site=tribler.org https://news.ycombinator.com/from?site=tribler.org [2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26206105 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26206105
- pabs3 5y agoNope, lots of Linux distros use it for their disk image downloads.