BitTorrent

Surely, BitTorrent sounds like something familiar, right? Bram Cohen, an American computer scientist and cypherpunk, is the one who invented it —and more.

Cypherpunks Write Code: Bram Cohen & BitTorrent

BitTorrent is a peer to peer file sharing communication protocol that allows users to distribute electronic files and data on the internet in decentralized way

BitTorrent $BTT Wiki: Coin History, Techstack, and Crypto News

The Pirate Bay, 1337x, and RARBG are some of the best torrent sites still online today.

8 Best Torrent Sites That are Still Working in 2023

The world's oldest active torrent file turns 18 years old this month and it's still being seeded by dozens of people.

World's Oldest Active Torrent File Can Now Legally Drink in a Few States

What do Google, Facebook, Youtube, Amazon, Uber and a phone book have in common? They are indexes — searchable lists of stuff. Google is a list of keywords mapped to the websites they appear in. Facebook is a list of profiles, posts, private messages, events and other types of information. Youtube has users, videos and comments. Amazon: merchants and items. Uber: drivers, customers and ride requests.

How To Fix Everything That's Wrong With the Internet

Introduced in February 2015, TechCrunch Magazine noted IPFS was  “quickly spreading by word of mouth.”

WTH is IPFS? InterPlanetary File Systems To Rescue The Internet

Following the invention of the Internet by Robert Kahn in 1983, there are multiple developments that have focused on improving the Internet. The most remarkable improvement that has taken place is the decentralization of the Internet. The development has been massive enough to the extent of transforming different activities in modern society ranging from governance, law and trust to finance, health tech and fractional ownership.		

The Crypto Challenge To The Amazons & The Microsofts in The Computing Storage Market 

Holochain is a git (free and open source distributed version control system) that does not require Proof of Work (PoW) and Proof of Stake (PoS). It is based on the DHT (distributed hash table) protocol utilized by BitTorrent for data lookup and file sharing.

An Introduction to Holochain: Concept, Architecture, and DHTs

Decentralized Cloud Storage is changing the face of the internet (1/2)

BitTorrent token (BTT) is quite a trending topic now in the crypto community. There are 990 Billion tokens created on the TRON blockchain and 10.1% of it will be distributed through the airdrops to TRX holders. An interesting fact also is that it is not a one-time drop to wait for — the tokens will be gradually given away over the course of the next six years, starting from February 11th. The news gets even better from this point — as the time passes by, the airdrops will scale with increasing the distributed sum.

What’s with the hype around BTT?

Democracy. Does it really work? It has been said that it’s the worst form of government except all others that have been tried but is it good enough? Take global warming for instance. Humanity should probably have done something about this decades ago but our processes are, at best, much too slow. Nothing happens. How big an impact does a political decision really have on our lives? Very small in functioning democracies. It’s hard to criticize democracy though. Even when obvious buffoons are elected there’s really no one to blame. The people have spoken and they very clearly chose the sweet shop owner over the doctor as Socrates predicted. Sure people criticize parts of the democratic methods in various places but you seldom hear criticisms of the very idea of democracy. You can’t really change the system from within the system.

Demoting democracy

What are torrents? Torrents are simply a way to distribute files.

WTH are torrents!? Explained in Layman’s terms.

A lawsuit filed against BitTorrent owner Rainberry Inc, TRON Foundation's Justin Sun, and one of his colleagues, is based in employment law. However, the allegations it contains could pique interest in Hollywood, with claims that movies including The Lion King were involved in a "fraudulent scheme" to "make a profit from the illegal piracy of those materials."

Lawsuit Filed Against BitTorrent, The Company Accused of Illegal Profiting

The State of The Market — January 29, 2019 <a href="https://berminal.com/coins/Bitcoin-BTC" target="_blank">BTC</a>: $3,438.11 (-0.66%) <a href="https://berminal.com/coins/XRP-XRP" target="_blank">XRP</a>: $0.291144 (-0.06%) <a href="https://berminal.com/coins/Ethereum-ETH" target="_blank">ETH</a>: $105.76 (+0.70%)

BitTorrent Token Sale Sells Out In Minutes And Bitgrail Victims Win Case Against Founder

TRON was the third top mover this past Monday with its cryptocurrency TRX jumping 5.03%, now the 9th largest cryptocurrency ranked by market capitalization, according to<a href="http://www.forbescrypto.com/" target="_blank"> ForbesCrypto Markets</a>. This coming off the heels of its debut <a href="https://www.nitron.org" target="_blank">NiTROn Summit</a>, a developer conference held in San Francisco last week that impressed even the most skeptical in the EOS community.

TRON Summit: How BitTorrent will drive mass adoption for the blockchain

TRON Reveals New BitTorrent File System Based Upon IPFS

Before crypto, pioneers dreamed of decentralized money and fair sharing. Their wild ideas shaped today’s digital freedom. Go explore how it all began!


Before Bitcoin: The Forgotten P2P Dreams that Sparked Crypto 

For most of human history, leaders were necessary. We needed them to coordinate, decide, organize and share their vision. But technology is changing this.

Leader or No Leader, That is the Question

A hands-on walkthrough of my homelab journey—from Pi-hole to a $1,000 mini rack—covering hardware, software, networking, and real-world ROI.

Inside My $1,000 Homelab: How I Rebuilt Big Tech Services in a Tiny Rack

From ARPANET’s open roots to today’s walled gardens, explore how we centralized the internet—and why the fight for a freer web isn’t over.

From Walled Gardens to World Grid: A Short History of How We Centralized the Internet

Zooko Wilcox grew up coding and questioning systems, and that path led him to create the privacy coin Zcash. Let's see more of this story!

Cypherpunks Write Code: Zooko Wilcox & Zcash

Discover how Starlink, and a thousand low-earth orbit satellites, set out to eliminate the ISP MONOPOLY

From Starlink to DePIN: How Satellites Are Powering a Decentralized Internet

A thought-provoking white paper exploring why the future of computing lies in decentralized, self-organising systems.

Out of Control: Why The Future Belongs To Self-Organizing Distributed Systems

On GitHub, we can find crypto tools like portfolios, price alert systems, Telegram bots, tax helpers, and much more, for free! 

5 Open-Source Crypto Tools You Can Use for Free —and Support with Kivach

We're the creators of the BitTorrent protocol, and make µTorrent, both the desktop and mobile versions

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Cypherpunks Write Code: Bram Cohen & BitTorrent

BitTorrent $BTT Wiki: Coin History, Techstack, and Crypto News

8 Best Torrent Sites That are Still Working in 2023

World's Oldest Active Torrent File Can Now Legally Drink in a Few States

How To Fix Everything That's Wrong With the Internet

WTH is IPFS? InterPlanetary File Systems To Rescue The Internet

The Crypto Challenge To The Amazons & The Microsofts in The Computing Storage Market

An Introduction to Holochain: Concept, Architecture, and DHTs

Decentralized Cloud Storage is changing the face of the internet (1/2)

What’s with the hype around BTT?

Demoting democracy

WTH are torrents!? Explained in Layman’s terms.

Lawsuit Filed Against BitTorrent, The Company Accused of Illegal Profiting

BitTorrent Token Sale Sells Out In Minutes And Bitgrail Victims Win Case Against Founder

TRON Summit: How BitTorrent will drive mass adoption for the blockchain

TRON Reveals New BitTorrent File System Based Upon IPFS

Before Bitcoin: The Forgotten P2P Dreams that Sparked Crypto

Leader or No Leader, That is the Question

Inside My $1,000 Homelab: How I Rebuilt Big Tech Services in a Tiny Rack

From Walled Gardens to World Grid: A Short History of How We Centralized the Internet

Cypherpunks Write Code: Zooko Wilcox & Zcash

From Starlink to DePIN: How Satellites Are Powering a Decentralized Internet

Out of Control: Why The Future Belongs To Self-Organizing Distributed Systems

5 Open-Source Crypto Tools You Can Use for Free —and Support with Kivach

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