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Re:BitTorrent v2 by tinus_hn on Monday September 07, 2020 @07:08PM (#24403699)
BitTorrent uses TCP properly instead of implementing a poor version of TCP using UDP which is why it is much faster than eDonkey.
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Re:BitTorrent v2 by yyyk on Tuesday September 08, 2020 @09:56AM (#24408381)
Emulating sorta-TCP via UDP is something modern protocols like QUIC also do. It's the difference between 'a poor version' and 'a decent version' that matters.
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Re:BitTorrent v2 by bawolff on Monday September 07, 2020 @08:06PM (#24403987)
Except when you are using μTP...
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