P2P BitTorrents whats the difference?
We have all in those quiet moments asked those philosophical questions.. Whats the meaning of life? What came first chicken or egg? What the hell is the difference between P2P and BitTorrents???
If you share my curiousity then read on and become intelligent. What is the difference between a P2P client and a Bit Torrent client?
Its not really that easy to answer because they are pretty similar with just subtle differences. They both make use of the collective to download and share files. Making use of many different PC’s that are hooked onto the network.
Bit Torrents sharing
Bit Torrents make use of multiple computers and receive any file in pieces/packets/chunks. The torrent breaks the files into small pieces, thus letting you download that precious file from many so that for every chunk you download, it gets uploaded to another person who wants it. It doesnt just get it from one host but shares the loads from many hosts or different people at the same time. This can make it a much faster system for transferring large files than a P2P network. After downloading the parts are combined into one and the file is on your hard drive ready for use.
BitTorrent is often referred to as ‘true P2P sharing’ because instead of publishers servers being used to distribute the files, BitTorrent users do the file serving themselves. The Torrent community of users voluntarily upload their files into the swarm and are motivated by the cooperative spirit. BitTorrent also adds incentives to generous users
The Torrent sharing philosiphy goes like this:-
if you share your files on Bit Torrent then your reward will be an increased download speed. However if you just leech and dont share your files then your download speeds will be slowed down. So in effect your generousity is rewarded. This downloading speed is controlled by the BitTorrent tracking servers. They will monitor all of the ‘swarm’ users. If a user shares files then the tracker servers reward you with and increased swarm bandwidth allocation. Dont share and you’ll find your downloading speed creeping around 1k per sec.
P2P Peer2Peer sharing
P2P or Peer 2 Peer is a host 2 host transfer where the entire file or files are transferred directly between 2 different computer users. You do have more knowledge as to who the files come from, but on the downside the speed of transfer is totally down to the speed that the other PC can send file data.
Both have their benefits and disadvantages, peer2peer (P2P) is good for downloading small files such as single track songs (but not cd’s), movie clips etc.
Bit Torrents are suitable more for the larger files. But i like to use FrostWire (p2p) for small files and Azures (torrent client) for large files.
Just a quick note to say thanks for posting. Was trying to find out whether Limewire-style P2Ps break their files down into pieces and couldn’t find the answer anywhere. Cheers!
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great read!
Nice post. I remember using LimeWire, Bearshare etc etc. I’m definitely adding this to my favorites. I’m not going to lie I kind of miss LimeWire. A lot of those files from LimeWire are “oldschool” files I can’t get on Bittorrent, Piratebay, miniova, and h?$ like that. We are all grown here? I hope. Excuse me for the S word. Have a wonderful day guys.
Thanks.