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Does this include the DHT? BT, the protocol itself is not very interesting, it's just a very bad file access protocol over HTTP without DHT, which makes it real

by ahoka 3y ago

Does this include the DHT? BT, the protocol itself is not very interesting, it's just a very bad file access protocol over HTTP without DHT, which makes it really P2P.

remram 3y ago
No, only uses a tracker.
rohitpaulk 3y ago
(codecrafters dev here) It doesn't, but will soon: https://app.codecrafters.io/vote/challenge-extension-ideas?course=bittorrent https://app.codecrafters.io/vote/challenge-extension-ideas?c.... We release a set of "base" stages first, and then work on extensions based on demand. DHT is one of them, magnet links is another that folks have voted for.
- qingcharles 3y ago
  That's awesome. Was about to dive into DHT myself.
- ahoka 3y ago
  Great!
wmf 3y ago
I don't think this is a fair description of the BitTorrent protocol. HTTP is only used for discovering peers; the data transfer is P2P using a custom protocol. (I'm ignoring optional extensions like HTTP seeding.)