Over the past few weeks or we can say days, lots of discussions are ongoing on the paid torrent seeding scenario. Here, it is one of the newest proposals by the Tron/Bit Torrent team.
However, as per the latest reports which have come out, it is far away from being a new thing. Well, the research team of Tribler has been working on the same since a decade ago. In addition, they are working on its ‘bandwidth as currency’ since a decade too.
Hence, to further let you catch a glimpse on the paid torrent seeding scenario, let us move ahead and unwrap the same, together forever.
Tribler Invented the ‘Paid Torrent Seeding’ Over a Decade Ago
First of all, the Tribler has got a total control over the token marketplace in their torrenting space.
During the very earlier days of BitTorrent, bandwidth was truly on the low side. Here, different Torrent sites said their clients to continue running their torrent software. Hence, with this downloads can be done in a matter of hours.
But, when it comes to torrent streaming, it does require a large amount of bandwidth. Hence, that’s what made the idea of treating bandwidth as a currency came into existence.
A word of mouth by TorrentFreak
“P2P dies or thrives depending on how much upload people donate. By introducing electronic ‘currency’ for uploads the researchers think they can make P2P HDTV Video on Demand possible,” TorrentFreak wrote back in the year 2007.
Well, coming down towards the idea of Tribler Team, it was shared with the back a decade ago. Further, it was not on the controversial side and many people loved such a concept.
Still, different comments were passed on the paid torrent seeding while the researchers continued to do their job.
Working from Harvard University and the research lab at Delft University of technology, millions of funds were raised. And till date, the project is still running at a fine pace.
A Take on the Tribler Team
Well, the Tribler team has got more than 45 masters students, different thesis students, five dedicated scientific developers and loads of professors
Further, other than “bandwidth as currency” idea, the team have also implemented different anonymity features over the past years.
In January, Tribler released their very first version with the Integration of blockchain & tokens. However, this week they took a leap and the latest 7.1 release is out.
Now, the company has got a full-functional token market which can convert Bandwidth to Bitcoin.
Further, to support the Tor like onion routing, the team of Tribler operates at different exit nodes. Here, at least one terabyte is generated and slowly, end-to-end encryption is taking place.
Wrapping Things Up: Tribler Invented the ‘Paid Torrent Seeding’ Over a Decade Ago
Well, as far as the current scenario is taken into consideration, the Tribler team is running at a pretty smooth pace.
And, as and when the idea of paid torrent seeding will come into existence, we will certainly have to wait and watch.
Finally, still, several questions are yet to be answered and the Tribler team is smart enough to tackle each question with grace and comfort.
