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Re:This page exists only if someone is looking at it by NooneAtAll3 on Wednesday September 06, 2023 @05:15PM (#37411424)
> If it passes over a central server, does it really count as p2p?

you made me realize that this website is essentially torrent

(without splitting file into chunks)

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Re:This page exists only if someone is looking at it by Eduard on Wednesday September 06, 2023 @05:37PM (#37411711)
>> If it passes over a central server, does it really count as p2p?

> you made me realize that this website is essentially torrent

how did you come to your conclusion, given that statement?

With Torrent, content flows between peers directly.

Whereas for this website, content flows between peers with the central server in between.

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