Bram Cohen on BitTorrent “Bandwidth Fundamentals”
BitTorrent creator explains just why BitTorrent works so well, that the formula is simply bytes downloaded = bytes uploaded.
I’ve always found Bram Cohen, author of the BitTorrent protocol, very fascinating, perhaps mainly because he’s allowed myself and countless others the ability to share content in ways still yet to be imagined.
So whenever he shares his [...]
BitTorrent Entertainment Network to launch ad-supported Net TV service?
News from the halls of BitTorrent Inc was rampant yesterday, with news of it launching an ad-supported Net TV service by years end, Bram Cohen blaming Windows implementation of DRM for playback problems, and also saying that the BitTorrent Entertainment Network has the largest catalog of digital video on the Web.
In both Northern and Southern [...]
BitTorrent Ratio Exploit Software on the Increase
Despite over a year for site administrators to deal with the exploit, tools for falsely increasing ratios at private BitTorrent sites are becoming increasingly easy to use.
Tools for exploiting the weak system used by private BitTorrent trackers to monitor user ratios are becoming increasingly user-friendly and available. Despite being a widely publicised problem for [...]
Bram Cohen: Private Sites to Blame for Ratio Cheating.
The creator of BitTorrent refuses to help private BitTorrent trackers, accusing them of being destructive to sharing. Despite the increasing sophistication and potential disruption posed by the latest generation of ratio cheating software, BitTorrent creator and developer Bram Cohen has reiterated his refusal to change the protocol.
Some private BitTorrent trackers monitor [...]
(Bram Cohen) Founder of BitTorrent unlocks the secrets of online file sharing
If life were as straightforward as a Rubik’s Cube, Bram Cohen could unravel it in about 90 seconds.
He can solve two Sudoko brainteasers during his 30-minute commute on the ferry between Marin and San Francisco. And he has earned a high score of 320 on Tringo, a combination of Tetris and Bingo.
Other puzzles aren’t so [...]
