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How do private BitTorrent trackers monitor how much users upload/download?
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From Wikipedia: Most private trackers monitor how much users upload or download, and in most situations, enforce a minimum upload-to-download ratio. How exactly can a tracker figure out how much data was uploaded and downloaded by each user? My understanding is that a BitTorrent tracker is merely a…
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The BitTorrent clients report back to the tracker what they are doing. There are some clients that lie but this can be detected by the fact the reports from the two sides consistently disagree. That's why you'll see some site banning the lying clien…
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