In 2019, BitTorrent was a dominant file-sharing protocol and one of the applications that generate greater traffic on the Internet, with 2.46% of downstream, and 27.58% of upstream traffic. In February 2013, BitTorrent was responsible for 3.35% of all worldwide bandwidth - more than half of the 6% of total bandwidth dedicated to file sharing.
Programmer Bram Cohen, a University at Buffalo alumni, designed the protocol in April 2001, and released the first version on July 2, 2001.Īs of February 2009, P2P networks have been estimated to, collectively, account for approximately 43% to 70% of all Internet traffic (depending on location). As such, BitTorrent is one of the most common protocols for transferring large files - such as digital video or audio files.
BitTorrent (abbreviated to BT) is a communication protocol for peer-to-peer file sharing (P2P), which enables users to distribute data over the Internet in a decentralized manner.
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