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BitTorrent
/ ˈɪˌɒəԳ /
noun
- a file transfer protocol which enables users to upload and download large files on the internet in the form of software, games, film, video, music, etc, from other users rather than from a central server
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Origin of BitTorrent1
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The Securities and Exchange Commission sued Sun and his crypto companies — Tron Foundation, BitTorrent Foundation and Rainberry — in March 2023, Reuters reported.
Sun then moved to the U.S., and in June of 2018, Tron acquired the iconic peer-to-peer protocol BitTorrent, making him CEO of the company that had facilitated so much media piracy and transforming it into a more crypto-ready platform, with its own native token and all.
The indictment alleged that Pilar used BitTorrent, a digital file-sharing protocol, to knowingly receive 400-plus videos and images of child sex abuse material in February and April 2020.
In 2007, Comcast was caught degrading traffic from the file-sharing service BitTorrent, which held contracts to distribute licensed content from Hollywood studios and other sources in direct competition with Comcast’s pay-TV business.
In the meantime, the best option for those needing their pornography fix is the simplest: Don’t use BitTorrent.
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