I found I2P much better than Tor network, and now it supports BitTorrent protocol too https://geti2p.net/en/docs/applications/bittorrent .

Why haven’t the pirates migrated to I2P? Why are we still using clearnet and making people backout of seeding cause of DMCA?

  • Madiator2011@lm.madiator.cloudEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    Probably mostly cause:

    • Slow speed unless you you keep your router 24/7
    • People are used to download torrents fast
    • Clearnet has much bigger torrent database
    • idkman@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago
      • if you configure your node correctly, you won’t see much difference in bandwidth.
      • i2psnark can be fast.
      • but clearnet comes with an issue of tracking.
      • whynotzoidberg@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        I think your response answers the question.

        If configured correctly. Can be fast. IMO, once those statements are less conditional and prone to error, we might see the pro of privacy carry more weight.

        • Anamana@feddit.deEnglish
          2·
          1 year ago

          People don’t understand sometimes how much of a tech-ethusiast bubble we got going on here

          • God@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
            2·
            1 year ago

            Of course. Your idea is THE idea. You CANNOT get mass adoption without a minimal amount of hops. You won’t get the hordes of pirates running around reading wikis on how to configure their router for piracy and how to get an i2p provider and how to get an index etc.

            Torrenting right now is so broadly adopted because you just download a Torrenting client, click the magnet, click OK and you’re good to go.

            If you HAD to set up port forwarding, some magnet handling register in windows preferences, just those two would stop the bulk majority of pirates. And that’s not even 1/4 of what you have to do to use i2p correctly.