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BitTorrent has supported trackerless torrents for twenty entire years :p https://github.com/sparkslabs/kamaelia/blob/master/Sketches/RJL/bittorrent/BitTorrent/T
by Lammy 5mo ago
BitTorrent has supported trackerless torrents for twenty entire years :p https://github.com/sparkslabs/kamaelia/blob/master/Sketches/RJL/bittorrent/BitTorrent/TRACKERLESS.txt https://github.com/sparkslabs/kamaelia/blob/master/Sketches/...
- tomnipotent 5mo agoTorrent doesn't magically find peers, even with DHT the torrent files have seed nodes baked in. A middelman required for both the centralized trackers and trackerless torrents.
- tardedmeme 5mo agoDHT seed nodes are optional. A torrent node that's already connected to the DHT doesn't need them. Most torrent software has some default nodes baked in, from which it can discover the whole DHT.