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+--- Thread: Do I need to add trackers? (/Thread-Do-I-need-to-add-trackers)
Do I need to add trackers? - caca - Dec 04, 2015
Do I need to add a lot of trackers when uploading or downloading torrents?
RE: Do I need to add trackers? - Moe - Dec 04, 2015
No. You don't need to add any trackers at all.
RE: Do I need to add trackers? - caca - Dec 04, 2015
Then what are trackers used for?
RE: Do I need to add trackers? - Moe - Dec 04, 2015
There are traditional trackers and DHT, which both do the same thing - allow your client to find other peers in the swarm.
Before DHT, traditional trackers were absolutely necessary. Now that all modern clients have DHT support, they can be omitted.
There are a few edge cases where they might still come in handy, but unless you are in the habit of downloading older obscure torrents, you don't need to worry about them.
RE: Do I need to add trackers? - caca - Dec 04, 2015
okay thanks
RE: Do I need to add trackers? - H4ckus10 - Dec 05, 2015
@caca you can add atleast 10 trackers on the torrent while creating a torrent to upload it or no one could download it without the trackers..
Trackers are just medium to share our files, you can also read the above information given by Moe
RE: Do I need to add trackers? - caca - Dec 05, 2015
your advise contradicts what moe said.
RE: Do I need to add trackers? - NokTham - Dec 05, 2015
Distributed Hash Table (AKA DHT) replace trackers usage, even when creating a torrent, you can create one without trackers, if both parties have DHT enabled it will do its job and connect you to other peers, and vice versa, you'll just have to provide the torrent hash or the proper magnet link to other users, in order for them to connect to your, and you to them.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BitTorrent_tracker
Quote:Since the creation of the distributed hash table (DHT) method for "Trackerless" torrents, BitTorrent trackers have largely become redundant, however, they are still often included with torrents to improve the speed of peer discovery.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distributed_hash_table
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kademlia
RE: Do I need to add trackers? - caca - Dec 05, 2015
i hear the TPB removes all the trackers you add anyway and replaces them with their own trackers...
RE: Do I need to add trackers? - Moe - Dec 05, 2015
(Dec 05, 2015, 09:23 am)H4ckus10 Wrote: @caca you can add atleast 10 trackers on the torrent while creating a torrent to upload it or no one could download it without the trackers..
10 trackers is excessive, and unless you have disabled DHT, it will work just fine with 0 trackers. If you are stubbornly attached to including trackers when you create torrents, 3 or 4 will suffice.
(Dec 05, 2015, 14:52 pm)caca Wrote: i hear the TPB removes all the trackers you add anyway and replaces them with their own trackers...
Not exactly... TPB does not provide a torrent download option anymore.
All that is available are magnet links, and those always include the same trackers, regardless of what trackers were in the torrent file itself.