Hello everyone,

I recently came across an article on TorrentFreak about the BitTorrent protocol and found myself wondering if it has remained relevant in today’s digital landscape. Given the rapid advancements in technology, I was curious to know if BitTorrent has been surpassed by a more efficient protocol, or if it continues to hold its ground (like I2P?).

Thank you for your insights!

  • Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    6 days ago

    I wouldn’t call that mutable, more like version tracking in which each torrent is aware of future versions.

    I kind of like that, but you might be able to accomplish it with a plugin or something.

    Put a file in the torrent called “versions” or something like that, and in there would be a url that the client can use to tell you if there is a new version.

    It wouldn’t change the protocol though, since the new version and old version would still need to be separate entities with different data and different seeding.