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Ask HN: Do you know any application that uses webtorrent?
- leros 3y agoSome games use torrents to distribute the bandwidth for updates. Some server applications use torrents to sync large files across many servers.
- comprev 3y agoI remember reading about a large tech company who used torrents to distribute new releases internally.
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- chislobog 3y agoFacebook, Twitter, Eanes ebay all use torrents internally for various things. The story might be https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2012/04/exclusive-a-behind-the-scenes-look-at-facebook-release-engineering/ https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2012/04/exclu... https://innovation.ebayinc.com/tech/engineering/bittorrent-for-package-distribution-in-the-enterprise/ https://innovation.ebayinc.com/tech/engineering/bittorrent-f... https://blog.twitter.com/engineering/en_us/a/2010/murder-fast-datacenter-code-deploys-using-bittorrent https://blog.twitter.com/engineering/en_us/a/2010/murder-fas... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3803026 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3803026
- runjake 3y agoThe Brave web browser. https://support.brave.com/hc/en-us/articles/360035025231-What-extensions-are-built-into-Brave https://support.brave.com/hc/en-us/articles/360035025231-Wha... Also here, under "Who is using WebTorrent today?": https://webtorrent.io/faq https://webtorrent.io/faq