https://torrentfreak.com/bittorrent-the-one-third-of-all-internet-traffic-myth/ 

 MAKE TORRENTING GREAT AGAIN. We need a place for torrents that spooks can't pollute with virus-filled garbage. I know file sharing is possible directly with something like KEET, but maybe we can create special groups with cryptographic keys by invite or behind a zap pay wall (some way that FBI agents cannot join) and then torrent to the people in that group only. I don't know how validating files as not containing viruses can be done, if at all, but this should also be a component. Thanks for listening to my ted talk... 

 i still remember kazaa, bearshare and bittorrent pretty well🫣 

 torrent is still going strong at 3% of global traffic 

 My first access to mausnet back in 1986 😁 https://image.nostr.build/ab39555c02c8fb92e8c928e1fd87a5eee088f6b3ae9e21ea420d0a90d2664e6c.jpg 

 And Netscape 😁 

 I thought it was mostly cat videos?!  

 Yes
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 Google does, Facebook does, Microsoft does 

 It would be really cool to have some data/research to represent these things.
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 https://c.tenor.com/9ObYjsOD3HIAAAAC/tenor.gif 

 IPtorrents private service still ticking along 🙏  

 This is a very good read (well, listen) on the history and topology of p2p networks/protocols
https://fountain.fm/episode/gRChg0Y0KMGvScxtXeKJ 

 IRC (Internet Relay Chat) was the thing in the 90s. Or uucp to transfer emails. And don't forget usenet news. Actually, all existed pretty early. The only difference is that you now have bloated UIs and less cli's. 

 you already know the answer to that.