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!

  • melroy
    2•4 months ago

    With LibreWeb I tried to go this route, using IPFS protocol. But like I mention above, IPFS is not as decentralized by design as people might think. People still need to download the content first and hosting a node… And then ALSO pin the content… It’s not great. And look-up takes way too long as well with their DHT look-up.

    • @catloaf@lemm.eeEnglish
      2•4 months ago

      Well… it’s not really designed for that use case, so yeah you’ll have to deal with issues like that. For interplanetary file transfers, that’s acceptable.

      • melroy
        1•4 months ago

        I’m searching for better alternatives, ideas are welcome.

        • @catloaf@lemm.eeEnglish
          1•4 months ago

          Probably the closest thing would be an activitypub blog or static site service.

          • melroy
            1•4 months ago

            ActivityPub is still using centralized DNS. I’m talking about a decentralized Web. And no, activitypub doesn’t scale as good.