Beginner’s Guide To BitTorrent, How to use it, and what is bitTorrent?
Beginners Guide To Bittorrent
BitTorrent is a protocol for file sharing. It uses a decentralized network, meaning that unlike Napster, LimeWire, or other P2P file sharing services that store the files on one or more centralized servers, bitTorrents are shared in pieces by individual computers. The files in whole or part are never stored on centralized servers, only the trackers.
The protocol was developed by programmer Bram Cohen, and the first implementation was released in 2001. I would also like to note that a extremely large amount of the overall internet traffic is generated by torrents.
A very good advantage about this protocol is that it is not sequential. The files are broken into many small pieces, and are distributed on a rarest piece first basis. This is to ensure that there is a maximum amount of completed files available.
The simplified process is something like this:
UserA has a file he wants to share via bitTorrent.
He creates a torrent file, and makes that torrent available via torrent trackers. (Or in a trackerless system (decentralized tracking) he would become the first tracker.)
5 Different people see the torrent, and open it for download via their torrent clients.
They all start getting pieces of the file from UserA, but then they also start sharing different pieces with each other.
Torrent - This is the file that points the way to the actual file on everyone’s computers.
Seed - this is a person who is sharing the file
Leech - This is a person who is downloading the file
So Basically:
- Download a bitTorrent client.
- Go to a tracker site and search for a torrent file you want
- download the torrent file and open it with your bitTorrent client
- watch the file download, and enjoy.
To Upload Files Via BitTorrent:
- Open Up Your bitTorrent Client (or download one if you don’t have one already)
- Follow the steps for your client to create a .torrent file
- upload the torrent file to a tracker site
- stay on long enough to seed the file.
Clients:
Azureus
http://azureus.sourceforge.net/
Azureus is a BitTorrent implementation in Java (so you can use it on any platform that supports java) It easily supports multiple concurrent BitTorrent downloads, can be customized, and is constantly updated. Make sure you have a recent Java Virtual Machine installed.
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BitCommet
BitComet is a BitTorrent/HTTP/FTP download management software, which is powerful, fast, very easy-to-use, and completely FREE. It contains many advanced features for BitTorrent download and extends its leading BitTorrent technology to HTTP/FTP to accelerate Downloading up to 5 - 10 times faster, or more.
There are many other clients, but those are two that I especially like.
Trackers: (Not a comprehensive list in the least, but enough to get you started)
isoHunt. (http://www.isohunt.com)
The Pirate Bay (http://www.thepiratebay.org)
Mininova (http://www.mininova.org)
Btjunkie (http://www.btjunkie.org)
TorrentSpy (http://www.torrentspy.com)
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