I like torrents. Always have, always will.
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https://github.com/nostr-protocol/nips/pull/345 is pretty ingenious and simple, and could be a good thing, even though I agree with all the criticisms it has received too.
But personally I don't understand why we can't just use torrents. BitTorrent already supports "webseeds", which are servers that literally serve the file, and the same file can be served from many of these servers. BitTorrent is a very simple protocol too, with many libraries and implementations in many different languages. There is no reason to reinvent things.
Or maybe there is. What is the reason? What can this (or other similar proposals) do that BitTorrent directly can't?
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Same here.
We have lots to learn from private torrent trackers. They are the original “decentralized org with built in incentives.”
Users on private torrent trackers work hard to increase their seed ratio to prevent the tragedy of the commons.
