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Which of these methods is not obtaining the address of a node in a swarm, or hitting a tracker for a list of nodes in a swarm? > People have used the DHT for n
by pessimizer 3y ago
Which of these methods is not obtaining the address of a node in a swarm, or hitting a tracker for a list of nodes in a swarm?
> People have used the DHT for non-torrent-related purposes.
This is simply non-responsive. People have used a DHT overlaid on the collection of torrent swarms for non-torrent related purposes.
> And nothing dictates that that has to be obtained via the bittorrent peer protocol.
This is a silly distinction. You also don't need to join a swarm to get on the DHT if I join a swarm to get on the DHT, write down the addresses I get on a piece of paper, then email you those addresses, which you plug into your handwritten specialized client that only knows how to join the DHT.
- anacrolix 3y agoSorry bro, the8472 is correct on all counts. Misunderstanding DHTs and BitTorrent and how they relate is very common.
- the8472 3y ago> Which of these methods is not obtaining the address of a node in a swarm, or hitting a tracker for a list of nodes in a swarm? The "find bootstrap nodes via a bunch of DNS records, then persist long-lived contacts locally" approach is quite common. > People have used a DHT overlaid on the collection of torrent swarms for non-torrent related purposes. No, the software does not involve joining any bittorrent swarms at all.