Torrents

: The technical standard that allows these decentralized connections to happen. Use Cases and Legal Status

: A .torrent file contains metadata about the files being shared and the locations of "trackers". Magnet links are a more modern alternative that identify files by their content (hash) rather than a hosted file location, eliminating the need to download a separate index file first. Torrents

: Users who are still downloading the file. As they receive pieces, they typically begin uploading those pieces to other leechers. : The technical standard that allows these decentralized

: The total group of all seeders and leechers connected for a specific torrent. Torrents