Tracker web sites that index new torrents published recently. You do not search for files, but see what is available. A big difference to the usual P2P networks, and perhaps the reason why BT is so popular and works so well.
Fast downloads because of swarming
Bittorrent's problems:
Centralized torrent indexes (suprnova etc)
Centralized tracker. There has to be a network address in the torrent file that leads to the guilty sharing individual.
Gnutella's benefits:
Decentralization
Gnutella's problems:
Slow searching
Excessive traffic due to searching "xxx porn" a million times
Slow downloads, no swarming
Trust issues?
Solution (?):
A distributed gnutella-type network, where torrents are shared instead of files. But not regular BT type torrents. Instead the tracker would not be fixed, and any node in the network could become the new tracker dynamically when the old tracker leaves. This would be possible because of the way the information about new torrents is distributed.
When a torrent is published to the network, the original seeder becomes the tracker. When leechers have 100% downloads and become seeders, they can become trackers too. The tracker can then be changed if the original seeder leaves the network. Otherwise the process would work just like bittorrent does.
Instead of searching for torrents in the big network, the torrents would "advertise" themselves. This advertisement package would contain the following information:
Current tracker's address & port
Normal information that a.torrent file has, contents, blocks and checksum data etc.
Amount of seeders & leechers
These packages would be sent out to everybody at least when some of the following happens:
The torrent is initially published
A new user joins the torrent, and starts leeching
The tracker changes
No searching means less traffic. You would instead of searching just look at the advertisements, and information of active torrents would come very quickly when you join the network. This would be like looking at suprnova.org to see what's new.
This kind of network would have all the benefits of BT & gnutella and get rid of both's problems.
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Tracker web sites that index new torrents published recently. You do not search for files, but see what is available. A big difference to the usual P2P networks, and perhaps the reason why BT is so popular and works so well.
Fast downloads because of swarming
Bittorrent's problems:
Centralized torrent indexes (suprnova etc)
Centralized tracker. There has to be a network address in the torrent file that leads to the guilty sharing individual.
Gnutella's benefits:
Decentralization
Gnutella's problems:
Slow searching
Excessive traffic due to searching "xxx porn" a million times
Slow downloads, no swarming
Trust issues?
Solution (?):
A distributed gnutella-type network, where torrents are shared instead of files. But not regular BT type torrents. Instead the tracker would not be fixed, and any node in the network could become the new tracker dynamically when the old tracker leaves. This would be possible because of the way the information about new torrents is distributed.
When a torrent is published to the network, the original seeder becomes the tracker. When leechers have 100% downloads and become seeders, they can become trackers too. The tracker can then be changed if the original seeder leaves the network. Otherwise the process would work just
like bittorrent does.
Instead of searching for torrents in the big network, the torrents would "advertise" themselves. This advertisement package would contain the following information:
Current tracker's address & port
Normal information that a .torrent file has, contents, blocks and checksum data etc.
Amount of seeders & leechers
These packages would be sent out to everybody at least when some of the following happens:
The torrent is initially published
A new user joins the torrent, and starts leeching
The tracker changes
No searching means less traffic. You would instead of searching just look at the advertisements, and information of active torrents would come very quickly when you join the network. This would be like looking at suprnova.org to see what's new.
This kind of network would have all the benefits of BT & gnutella and get rid of both's problems.