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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. In other news... by discord5 · · Score: 5, Funny

    internet bandwidth usage has just gone up by 300% at the University of Washington... Scientists are baffled and blame global warming.

  2. Re:Well, uhm. Ban the client? by Da+Fokka · · Score: 4, Funny

    See the problem? Yes, a million dollars isn't exactly a lot of money these days. Virtucon alone makes over nine billion dollars a year!
  3. Re:Well, uhm. Ban the client? by Da+Fokka · · Score: 4, Funny

    Yup, it would only get you 1430 SCO licenses (CA residents add sales tax. Void where prohibited. YCST). Yes, or 0.0000006 RIAA settlements.
  4. Re:Even better...downloading without ever uploadin by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Awesome! If everyone used that client, the MPAA/RIAA wouldn't have a leg to stand on.

  5. Try to give it a spin by stewbacca · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'd love to give it a spin, but at 2kbs download for the client installer I'll be here all night. Maybe I can find a torrent for it for a faster download...oh the irony.

  6. Re:Well, uhm. Ban the client? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Ever heard about port maps?