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Researchers Decentralize BitTorrent

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the only-a-matter-of-time dept.

A Cow writes "The Tribler BitTorrent client, a project run by researchers from several European universities and Harvard, is the first to incorporate decentralized search capabilities. With Tribler, users can now find .torrent files that are hosted among other peers, instead of on a centralized site such as The Pirate Bay or Mininova. The Tribler developers have found a way to make their client work without having to rely on BitTorrent sites. Although others have tried to come up with similar solutions, such as the Cubit plugin for Vuze, Tribler is the first to understand that with decentralized BitTorrent search, there also has to be a way to moderate these decentralized torrents in order to avoid a flood of spam."

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  2. Re:It's a good start... by Dystopian+Rebel · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    No /. elitist would munge their grammar in such a fashion

    Don't profess to know the mind of an Elitist Slashdot Grammar Nazi until you can write correctly.

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    Rich And Stupid is not so bad as Working For Rich And Stupid.
  3. Re:It's a good start... by aliquis · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Operas is really slow for me though so I try to avoid it as plague. I don't run a firewall or so so I don't really know why either.

  4. Last Post by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Hahahahaha *wipes tear from eye*