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Let it rip. DHT has been around for so long now that whatever bad actors/evil use cases you're imagining have already happened. It sounds like a cool project,

Let it rip. DHT has been around for so long now that whatever bad actors/evil use cases you're imagining have already happened. It sounds like a cool project, and I'd be interested to see it.

sshine 4y ago
I accidentally read this as "Let it R.I.P." I totally agree, unroll it! While the file sharing is distributed, the centralised web-based indexing is still a game of whack-a-mole.
- MuffinFlavored 4y ago
  how is what OP made not basically going to be the p1rat3 bay 2.0?
  - thomastjeffery 4y ago
    Moderation. TPB (and other trackers) are essentially forums.
  - r3trohack3r 4y ago
    It already exists. BTDigg: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/BTDigg https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/BTDigg And sibling comments show there is a community of folks doing this. People also do it to Tor’s DHT too for discovering hidden services: https://donncha.is/2013/05/trawling-tor-hidden-services/ https://donncha.is/2013/05/trawling-tor-hidden-services/ You can’t really stop open source tech like this from existing by choosing to not open source your implementation. You just end up staying out of the conversation yourself. The community will still build it if there is a desire for it.
  - haswell 4y ago
    One is a repository of code that you or I can run on our own machines. The other is a publicly accessible website that got a kit of public attention because it could easily be used by anyone including novices to pirate content.