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by Shades
2003-02-26 20:49
Forum: Protocol Alley
Topic: BitTorrent
Replies: 24
Views: 14620

i'm not an expert but isn't it true, that in order to do this you must trust all the users in the hub? as far as i know the bittorrent allows anyone to connect (or does so in my experience) so theres no level of trust at all in that, i assume in theory you could fake file blocks to mess up someones...
by Shades
2003-02-26 15:19
Forum: Protocol Alley
Topic: BitTorrent
Replies: 24
Views: 14620

Just watching how many users queue the same file from me, especially if it's relatively new shows how much a bittorrent like addition to dc++ would help speed up data transfer for all but the first people in the queue (who would remain unaffected). Also the way bittorrent handles upload redeuces the...