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Researchers Create Selfish BitTorrent Client

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the surprised-it-took-this-long dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Researchers from the computer science department at the University of Washington have released BitTyrant, a new BitTorrent client that is designed to improve download performance via strategic selection of peers and upload rates. Their results call into question the effectiveness of BitTorrent's tit-for-tat reciprocation strategy which was designed to discourage selfish users. Clients are available for Windows, OS X, and Linux."

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  1. Greasey kid stuff by agent420 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Bah. Torrents are only good for wannabees and virals anyway. Just make sure your isp has your mums contact info correct for the riaa.