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Direct Connect (DC) is a peer-to-peer file sharing protocol.Direct Connect clients connect to a central hub and can download files directly from one another. Advanced Direct Connect can be considered a successor protocol.
Private peer-to-peer (P2P) systems are peer-to-peer (P2P) systems that allow only mutually trusted peers to participate. This can be achieved by using a central server such as a Direct Connect hub to authenticate clients.
No Free GNU, macOS, Windows GPL Java Yes 2011 FrostWire: BitTorrent No magnet Free GNU, macOS, Windows GPL Java Yes 2015, 6.9.8 (build 312) (April 26, 2022; 2 years ago (Fork of LimeWire, with no copyrighted-material blocker planned. Fopnu: Fopnu No No Free GNU Linux, Windows Proprietary C++ No 2023 Fully decentralized network [7]
Protocol Used by Defunct clients ActivityPub: Friendica, Libervia, Lemmy, Mastodon, Micro.blog, Nextcloud, PeerTube, Pixelfed, Pleroma: Advanced Peer-to-Peer ...
Peer-to-peer file sharing is the distribution and sharing of digital media using peer-to-peer (P2P) networking technology. P2P file sharing allows users to access media files such as books, music, movies, and games using a P2P software program that searches for other connected computers on a P2P network to locate the desired content. [1]
The eDonkey Network (also known as the eDonkey2000 network or eD2k) is a decentralized, mostly server-based, peer-to-peer file sharing network created in 2000 by US developers Jed McCaleb and Sam Yagan [1] [2] [3] that is best suited to share big files among users, and to provide long term availability of files.
The second client is a seed, in which case it does not want any pieces (i.e., it is completely uninterested) The client is already uploading at its full capacity (it has reached the value of max_uploads) The second client has been blacklisted for being abusive or is using a blacklisted BitTorrent client.
Some sites focus on certain content – such as etree that focuses on live concerts – and some have no particular focus, like The Pirate Bay. Some sites specialize as search engines of other BitTorrent sites.