12 Facts About BitTorrent

BitTorrent is a communication protocol for peer-to-peer file sharing, which enables users to distribute data and electronic files over the Internet in a decentralized manner.

BitTorrent clients are available for a variety of computing platforms and operating systems, including an official client released by Rainberry, Inc Popular clients include µTorrent, Xunlei Thunder, Transmission, qBittorrent, Vuze, Deluge, BitComet and Tixati.

BitTorrent is one of the most common protocols for transferring large files, such as digital video files containing TV shows and video clips, or digital audio files containing songs.

In 2019, BitTorrent was a dominant file sharing protocol and generated a substantial amount of Internet traffic, with 2.

In 2005, first Vuze and then the BitTorrent client introduced distributed tracking using distributed hash tables which allowed clients to exchange data on swarms directly without the need for a torrent file.

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BitTorrent v2 is intended to work seamlessly with previous versions of the BitTorrent protocol.

Rather than downloading a file from a single source server, the BitTorrent protocol allows users to join a "swarm" of hosts to upload and download from each other simultaneously.

Tribler BitTorrent client was among the first to incorporate built-in search capabilities.

Since BitTorrent makes up a large proportion of total traffic, some ISPs have chosen to "throttle" BitTorrent transfers.

BitTorrent specification is free to use and many clients are open source, so BitTorrent clients have been created for all common operating systems using a variety of programming languages.

Independent adopters report that BitTorrent technology reduces demands on private networking hardware and bandwidth, an essential for non-profit groups with large amounts of internet traffic.

Several studies on BitTorrent found files available for download containing malware.