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You don't have an identity on a torrent unless you join a server. Similarly, you need to join a Lemmy server to have an identity there, or anywhere on Lemmy.
by wccrawford 3y ago
You don't have an identity on a torrent unless you join a server.
Similarly, you need to join a Lemmy server to have an identity there, or anywhere on Lemmy. Unlike private torrent trackers, you only need 1 Lemmy identity, and you can subscribe to other servers' communities from your original server.
- TylerE 3y agoTorrents have magnet links, which don’t require servers at all.
- rf15 3y agoThat is untrue, you still need a server to facilitate discovery/passthrough. Peer-to-peer does not exist in the wider internet for most consumers.
- Strom 3y ago> you still need a server to facilitate discovery/passthrough You could just bruteforce IPv4 until you hit a peer that will give you a set of known peers.
- throwawaymobule 3y agoI don't think pex/dht operate on 'well known' ports. in fact, I think most clients are configured to randomize the port they use on each startup. most every client comes with a list of 'bootstrap peers' for dht though.
- Izkata 3y agoTrackerless torrents are very old now, they use the DHT network to find peers. I believe it needs to be seeded when you first start a newly installed client, but that's completely transparent to the user.