Just went and checked, the oldest torrents I am seeding are from February 2008, barely half a year after I got unlimited internet connection. Back then, my par

Just went and checked, the oldest torrents I am seeding are from February 2008, barely half a year after I got unlimited internet connection. Back then, my parents could only afford a 128kbit unmetered connection, so I naturally gravitated to hang out at the ISP-local FTP server and BitTorrent tracker, colloquially known as Fillet, maintained by ISP employees. Thanks to the user base of tens or even hundreds of thousands, for several years until the internet connection speeds caught up, I participated in a very vibrant community, which played a huge role on who I am today. Some of the people from that era I am still in contact with, all thanks to BitTorrent. I am glad it still exists.