remember when 50% of global Internet traffic was attributed to p2p file sharing?

imagine the topology (network structure) of the Internet back in the 2000s. now imagine what it looks like today. are we making progress?


i still remember kazaa, bearshare and bittorrent pretty well🫣


I thought it was mostly cat videos?!


torrent is still going strong at 3% of global traffic


Onward 🫡


Yes
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Google does, Facebook does, Microsoft does


And Netscape 😁


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


It would be really cool to have some data/research to represent these things.
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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...


Boom! I just hadn't scrolled down far enough, but this is THE problem with Torrenting. These bastards just dump a bunch of garbage files into torrent sites and it's like poisoning the well. We need to torrent behind  a wall these wankers can't get through.

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IPtorrents private service still ticking along 🙏


Daghe 🫡


GASA


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.


Best wishes