Ask HN: How do BitTorent Bundles work

Re:Ask HN: How do BitTorent Bundles work by hnha on Friday September 26, 2014 @06:50PM (#8375306)

I would guess that they do it similarly to private trackers. Each user gets a unique and secret ID which is transmitted when announcing. The tracker then decides if the user is allowed to get the swarm details.

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Re:Ask HN: How do BitTorent Bundles work by scott_karana on Friday September 26, 2014 @07:01PM (#8375344)

Yup. I suspect it's exactly this, branded and hosted by Bittorrent Inc as a paid product.

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Re:Ask HN: How do BitTorent Bundles work by aidos on Friday September 26, 2014 @07:06PM (#8375359)

Does that have the same benefits in terms of distributing the sources?

I just purchased the new Thom Yorke album [0] via a bundle and it felt like a regular torrent. Very quick to download etc.

[0] https://bundles.bittorrent.com/bundles/d0b4beba8efc4b46f6dba...

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Re:Ask HN: How do BitTorent Bundles work by spindritf on Friday September 26, 2014 @11:13PM (#8375942)

See what kind of announce URL is included in the .torrent. Is it just

    udp://tracker.publicbt.com:80/announce

or does it include information that could be used to identify you, like

    http://tracker.bittorrentbundle.net:3000/3pr4s5y7l9nh0mdwcqyh3a9k6n7d0kta/announce

Other than tracker identifying you, seeding and downloading works the same in both cases.

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Re:Ask HN: How do BitTorent Bundles work by jc4p on Saturday September 27, 2014 @12:44AM (#8376103)

Just anyone else is wondering, it's:

    http://tracker.bundles.bittorrent.com/tracker/{a whole lot of hex}

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