Usenet NEWS vs. Bittorrent

David Nicol davidnicol at gmail.com
Sun Jul 6 16:39:30 CDT 2008


> The _original_ node must still send 100% of the file, though some of the
> receiving nodes may receive parts through various different peers.

and it is possible to dream up (and then implement) restrictions, such
as the whole file won't be sent to a lone peer, peer reputation is
tracked by the tracker, etc, to enfore polite torrent client behavior.


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