The latest update to Soulseek supposedly further decentralizes the network, thus making searches faster as well as more advanced. Currently, the old network (version 139 and earlier) is down, due to excessive stress on the central server. Nir explains:
“If you’ve suspected the announcement made on the old server about the availability of client v. 145 brought the server to its knees in a mad rush of downloads, you were right on the money. I temporarily shut the old server down to help the HTTP daemon out, but the whole system is running without a single CPU cycle to spare, so it’s gonna be hairy for a short while. If you can’t log on or download the new client, you should probably give up and come back in a few hours. Things should be much better then.”
