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Pirate Bay Shuts Down Tracker, Switches To Distributed Hash Table

Posted by timothy on from the look-at-our-semi-clean-hands dept.

think_nix writes "The Pirate Bay has shut down their BitTorrent tracker. Instead TPB is now using Distributed Hash Table to distribute the torrents. The Pirate Bay Blog states that DHT along with PEX (Peer Exchange) Technology is just as effective if not better for finding peers than a centralized service. The Local reports that shutting down the tracker and implementing DHT & PEX could be due to the latest court rulings in Sweden against 2 of TPB's owners, and may decide the outcome of the case."

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  1. Distributed Post! by Lissajous · · Score: 5, Funny

    F......

    1. Re:Distributed Post! by russlar · · Score: 5, Funny

      i........

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    2. Re:Distributed Post! by gomiam · · Score: 2, Funny

      Part 1 of the torrent failed checksum. Redownloading...

    3. Re:Distributed Post! by Rik+Sweeney · · Score: 5, Funny

      Seriously guys, can you PLEASE SEED!!!!

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    4. Re:Distributed Post! by clambake · · Score: 5, Funny

      Crap, stuck at 99%!

    5. Re:Distributed Post! by clambake · · Score: 5, Funny

      R.......

    6. Re:Distributed Post! by Rigrig · · Score: 5, Funny

      ...s.

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    7. Re:Distributed Post! by sopssa · · Score: 5, Funny

      ....t.....

    8. Re:Distributed Post! by pHus10n · · Score: 4, Funny

      C-C-C-COMBO BREAKER!

    9. Re:Distributed Post! by selven · · Score: 4, Funny

      C-C-C- COMBO BREA.......

    10. Re:Distributed Post! by sopssa · · Score: 5, Funny

      piece 443 failed hash check

    11. Re:Distributed Post! by Kryptonian+Jor-El · · Score: 5, Funny

      I"VE BEEN STUCK ON 98% FOR 3 DAYS!!!!!!1111!!!1!! SEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEED.

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    12. Re:Distributed Post! by gravis777 · · Score: 3, Funny

      Refreash your tracker list, I have been seeding for days. I think the tracker server may be overloaded with all these slashdot people hitting us. The original seeder should really have enabled DHT on this torrent.

    13. Re:Distributed Post! by ciderVisor · · Score: 3, Funny

      Goddamned leecher !

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    14. Re:Distributed Post! by TeknoHog · · Score: 3, Funny

      Checking hash... 420 Not Found

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    15. Re:Distributed Post! by mister_playboy · · Score: 2, Funny

      So you like your computers old, but your women young, eh? :)

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    16. Re:Distributed Post! by chaos95 · · Score: 2, Funny

      Fist?

  2. Those guys are playing it dangerous! Hashtable? by NoYob · · Score: 5, Funny

    First "Pirate Bay" and torrents and now Hash?!? What next, cocaine?!

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    1. Re:Those guys are playing it dangerous! Hashtable? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      Sounds interesting. Is there someplace I could download his music?

  3. Re:Let's apply some p2p logic to this. by Asmor · · Score: 3, Funny

    Funny. P2P reacts to pressure and changes, porn is frequently on the cutting edge, but traditional media just sticks its fingers in its ears and chants "LA LA LA I CAN'T HEAR YOU!"

  4. Re:In a related question by Reziac · · Score: 3, Funny

    Any port in a swarm....

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