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0 pointsHeatrayEnjoyer1y ago0 comments

I've written my own torrent clients. Have you?

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So have I. So we both know that it's possible to not seed a torrent while downloading it.

It's even possible to pretend to seed whilst not transferring anything, just to boost your ratio on a private tracker.

That's the protocol we're talking about.

clearly not good ones

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0 pointsHeatrayEnjoyer1y ago0 comments

I've written my own torrent clients. Have you?

So have I. So we both know that it's possible to not seed a torrent while downloading it.

It's even possible to pretend to seed whilst not transferring anything, just to boost your ratio on a private tracker.

That's the protocol we're talking about.

clearly not good ones

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse