For the computer illiterate out there, please don't go downloading malware posing as bittorrent clients.
Please don't use it to grab anything pirated unless you know what a VPN is and know which ones are trustworthy.
I'm on Linux, if you want a good multiplatform client, qBittorrent works well. (coincidentally it starts with a Q)
https://www.qbittorrent.org/download.php
For VPN's, please checkout Techlore's channel.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3KeV6Ui_4CYTOvbZrElePOSJZAUlx2Yr
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3KeV6Ui_4CaIhE8k4-plxS1-H9Cy3Qng
Explain it to us like we're 5, only we're 5 and have never played video games or used a cell phone, ipad, etc.
I don't even know what a bitorrent is, but I do know what the definition of torrent is, so I'm assuming you mean there's going to be a Noah-esque delulge of stuff to download and pour through. Thanks for the links. (I'm not really 5, I just sometimes act like I am.)
You mean explain it to us like we're 75...
And that's not me being mean, I mean it literally. I have spent the last year being my Grandmadon internet Bible study group... No one knows less about how the internet might work.
Lol. :D
Bittorrent is a communications protocol for peer to peer networking. Your computer can be used to run a Bittorrent client (qBittorrent, Transmission, Rutorrent) which will then connect directly with other computers world wide to download files.
You start the download by downloading a .torrent file (a small tracker list to start the procedure) from a torrent site (the pirate bay) or a magnet link (the same list delivered differently). You load the file into the torrent client and watch as your computer connects to The UK, the Netherlands and Honduras to speedily get your shit!
It's how the bulk of online movie piracy is transacted which has now become a patriotic duty.
Patriotic duty, lol. The rest of your comment was quite serious and helpful, then you ended with that. Made me laugh. Thanks!
No probs. It's true to boot.
I haven’t used torrents since limewire back in the DAY! 🤣
I'm a few minutes into this. Sounds like he's giving a good rundown.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWiKK1Egtv8
If anyone finds better video's please share.
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=what+are+torrents
Okay, got it. Interesting! I'm glad I learned something. Thank you.
Thank you. I'll check it out now.
The idea is you want to download a large file. Doesn't matter what the file is. But that implies an expensive server somewhere running at 100% capacity if the file is popular.
Bit torrent allows the file to be broken into chunks. Somebody starts off with a full copy of the file ("seeding") but as that is downloaded and simultaneously shared by more and more people there are more and more sources from which your next chunk can be obtained, so taking the load off the original seeder.
Easy to install the software and then all you need is a pointer to the torrent.
Thanks, 007. That makes sense. But how does it work in terms of organization? If you get little chunks from a hundred different seeders, do they somehow download in order or are they are random mess? Thanks for answering.
Yes there is a tracker, I should have said. Like you want to download a book with 100 pages. You are continually asking people "who can give me page 17?" and people are continually asking you "do you have page 23 for me please?" Until everybody gets all 100 pages.
Oh, I see. Make sense. Thanks. I figured there had to be something like that.
I finally get it! Thank you 👌