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Re:Magnet link generator by sp332 on Saturday February 23, 2019 @03:17PM (#19235248)
I haven't used trackers in years. Have you noticed a "cold DHT lookup" taking a long time recently?
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Re:Magnet link generator by itdaniher on Saturday February 23, 2019 @03:55PM (#19235414)
I don't understand why, but I believe I've observed similar. Possible hypotheses include:

DHT Sybil attack? Hash ring bloat? Bad peers distributing exclusively irrelevant content?

Wonder if this is a common observation, and if so, what kind of research might elucidate the underlying change.

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