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VPN port forwarding is, by and large, used for BitTorrent because you can't seed without it. VPNs are used for BitTorrent in general because it's well-known tha
by electroly 3y ago
VPN port forwarding is, by and large, used for BitTorrent because you can't seed without it. VPNs are used for BitTorrent in general because it's well-known that IPs participating in BitTorrent are monitored and logged by anyone who wants to[0]. I bet it's at least 100 BitTorrent users for every 1 user using port forwarding for any other purpose.
[0] https://iknowwhatyoudownload.com/ https://iknowwhatyoudownload.com/
- Arcuru 3y agoYou can still seed/download without port forwarding setup, however the other person you're connected to needs to have port forwarding. Basically either side of the P2P connection needs to be reachable from the open internet, but not both. So you can still seed, it just won't be as usable.