 neochu
join:2008-12-12
Windsor, ON
2 edits | reply to siljaline
Re: [BT] The future of BitTorrent explained Yes I apologize though I was making comments in general to the thread at the same time.
I can see how this will improve things but as is with most "decentralized" networks the integrity is going to suffer without a definite authority or source to compare the data you are receiving to.
The data doesn't have to be hosted on-site and you can spread out through the swarm but what the data is and how to verify it needs to be centrally located. What this type of protocol seems to do though is put these elements off-site without along with the data itself.
Unless someone actually sits down and explains how such things work it looks kind of an oxymoron to me at least.
It may be a protocol issue that someone hasn't found a way to explain it in simple terms or just something that is going to require advanced skills or knowledge to implement.
For example the file listing and "codex" needed to check your data (thats already in a standard .torrent file) has to be downloaded from the swarm through the "magnet link" before you can select the files and data you want from a batch.
Essentially it sounds like your "torrenting the torrent file" along with the data your downloading and waisting a lot of time and resources to do so.
There should be a way to discard the data until you receive the codex (.torrent) and can select what you want out of the batch to begin downloading.
As i am understanding as well the central tracker maintains a list of connected clients that a client can go one by one until they have a connection to begin the download (with peer exchange being extra peers with the like information). Then you keep updating with that tracker and repeating continuously as you refresh the tracker.
Essentially upon connecting to the swarm your blind and without without a map or codex to understand what your being sent and that will definitely cause slowdowns and integrity issues that are going to have to be addressed.
Something like a "magnet URL" FAQ at some point probably needs to be implemented and wrote to at least address these concerns if it is really going to take off as desired.
Its just now the expectation is for people to switch suddenly without knowing what is going on (without a guide) and that seems to be the biggest barrier to this. |
