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RE: Do I need to add trackers? - caca - Dec 05, 2015
so if i'm creating a torrent file to upload to TPB, why would I need to add 3 or 4 trackers if the magent links on TPB always include the same trackers...
I'm assuming those trackers included from the magent links are not the trackers I add when I create the torrent, right?
RE: Do I need to add trackers? - - Dec 05, 2015
There is an "usage of the english language" issue here. Understanding the difference between "can" and "need to". Nobody has actually said anything contradictory.
You asked if you need lots of trackers.
Moe explained that you do not need lots of trackers. [That doesn't mean you cannot have lots of trackers, you can. You just don't need them.]
H4ckus10 explained that you can add 10 trackers. [That is correct. You can add 10 trackers. You can 10000 trackers if you want to. You don't need to, and it is not a good idea, but nothing will actually stop you.]
As for your last question, re. uploading to TPB specifically, you do NOT need to add 3 or 4 trackers. You do not need to add any trackers but there is nothing stopping from you adding as many trackers as you want. But no matter what you do TPB won't even look at the trackers in your torrent, it will completely ignore them. All it uses the torrent file for is to calculate the torrent hash. Then it constructs a magnet link from that torrent hash plus a selection of trackers of it's own choosing (which change from time to time).
RE: Do I need to add trackers? - Moe - Dec 05, 2015
(Dec 05, 2015, 18:58 pm)caca Wrote: so if i'm creating a torrent file to upload to TPB, why would I need to add 3 or 4 trackers if the magent links on TPB always include the same trackers...
You don't. That's the point. But some people insist it is a requirement even after being told otherwise.
(Dec 05, 2015, 18:58 pm)caca Wrote: I'm assuming those trackers included from the magent links are not the trackers I add when I create the torrent, right?
That is correct. Any trackers you include are ignored.
You don't have to take my word for it. Create a torrent without trackers and start seeding it. Upload the torrent file to TPB. Peers will find you eventually. It may take a while before people find your torrent and start downloading, but they will come.
Or find a torrent on TPB, and copy the magnet link. Delete everything from the link after the hash, and then paste that into your client. Without knowing anything but the hash, your client will find peers and join the swarm.
RE: Do I need to add trackers? - caca - Dec 05, 2015
i had a long list of trackers but i'm just going to delete it because it seems like i was wasting my time with them if they're unnecessary.
how does DHT work then? do trackers have any part in working with DHT?
RE: Do I need to add trackers? - Moe - Dec 05, 2015
(Dec 05, 2015, 23:13 pm)caca Wrote: how does DHT work then? do trackers have any part in working with DHT?
DHT is the tracker. Every client connected to the DHT network is responsible for tracking a handful of torrents.
RE: Do I need to add trackers? - caca - Dec 05, 2015
and how about metadata torrent lists like torrentz.eu... i have found one of my torrents that i uploaded to TPB on there... how do torrents pop up on there?
RE: Do I need to add trackers? - NokTham - Dec 06, 2015
You're mixing up tracking servers with torrent websites.
RE: Do I need to add trackers? - caca - Dec 06, 2015
its not a torrent site, it's a metadata list of torrent hashes
RE: Do I need to add trackers? - Moe - Dec 06, 2015
It is called a torrent aggregator, which scans torrent indexes like TPB much like Google scans public web sites.
It has nothing to do with torrent trackers or your original question.
RE: Do I need to add trackers? - caca - Dec 06, 2015
i see