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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!

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

Considering that USENET goes back to the 70s, and bittorrent was invented in 2001, one of these things is clearly ancient and the other isn’t.

[–] [email protected] 69 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (3 children)

2001 was 24 years ago in 2 days. BitTorrent can drink.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 5 days ago (2 children)

I dislike this fact, because I very clearly remember when it was brand spanking new

[–] [email protected] 14 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Yeah and each torrent was its own separate window with no pause option.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago

Haha yes! 20 little BitTorrent windows ticking along

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I remember when eDonkey and later eMule were brand spanking new... It took quite a while for BitTorrent to gain enough traction (and for me to get fast enough internet) for it to be better... (and, frankly, I still miss eMule's Kademlia network's peer to peer search capabilities...)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

Ed2k/kad are still kicking, I use mldonkey for that networks

[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 days ago

Yeah that’s pretty ancient to me. That’s like saying XP isn’t ancient

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

It's still newer than HTML, CSS, and Javascript.