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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 Rik+Sweeney · · Score: 5, Funny

      Seriously guys, can you PLEASE SEED!!!!

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

      Crap, stuck at 99%!

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

      R.......

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

      ...s.

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

      ....t.....

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

      piece 443 failed hash check

    8. 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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  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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