wigix , also known as wigix.com , wigix.cn , and wigix , inc. , is an online consumer-to-consumer and business-to-consumer ( b2c ) online marketplace whose model mimics financial trading platforms .

the company name is an acronym for " want it got it exchange " .

along with wigix.com , the company also owns china-based urltoken as a wholly owned subsidiary .

wigix

although ebay is the target , wigix is relying on what it ' s built : members must be members of its paypal online payment system to join wigix . wigix plans to add other mechanisms later .
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the ultimate goal for wigix is to operate globally . to that end , chong plans to launch a china wigix site in the fourth quarter this year along with the ga launch .
we are over 500k listings on wigix . what tremendous growth . thanks to all our sellers !
first is scale . even with some incentives to join wigix , the scale of ebay is formidable .
wigix is headquartered in oakland , california , and is funded by venture capital firm draper fisher jurvetson .
it ' s actually over 500k items for sale on wigix . now that ' s great growth .
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wigix could find success in using a model similar to that of a stock exchange , according to enderle .
along with wigix . com , the company also owns chinese - based online marketplace , urltoken , as a wholly - owned subsidiary .
wigix
is an acronym which stands for
want it got it exchange
.
lee comes to cypher media from wigix , a community - driven internet marketplace he co - founded in 2007 .
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another major distinction between ebay and wigix : while ebay recently revoked feedback privileges for sellers ( the company said too many sellers abused the rating system for retaliatory purposes ) , wigix lets buyers and sellers rate each other after a transaction .
wigix appointed tim draper , managing director and founder of draper fisher jurvetson , and bill burnham of inductive capital to its board of directors . wigix ' s board is led by company ceo and co - founder james chong . the appointments follow the recent announcement that wigix has raised $ 5 . 35 million in series a funding , led by draper fisher jurvetson .
the next step for wigix is the official general availability launch . the founders are readying their startup operation to that goal .
for example , anyone can contribute comments and help . wigix users can look at metadata on all products and transactions they make .
user dissatisfaction elsewhere could work to wigix ' s advantage . lots of users are upset with ebay , noted enderle , and this could give wigix an opportunity to establish itself if it is marketed properly . that marketing , however , has not yet started .
we have developed great applications that allow you to share your wigix activity with your facebook & twitter friends . with our facebook applications , you can share your labeled photos , poll your friends about what you should buy and let them know about your wigix portfolio .
when an item is listed on wigix , the seller won’t need to go through the task of describing it and posting pictures . instead , they find the item in wigix’s database , select it , and choose a price , with an eye to the average price .
since the launch , many of the behind - the - scenes activities at wigix have focused on preparing for that public beta launch .
wigix has about 25 employees and a dozen or so contractors ; seventeen of the employees are in china , chong said . the company recently raised $ 5 . 34 million from draper fisher jurvetson and other angel investors , including bill burnham of inductive capital , wigix said .
wigix only launched its public beta tuesday , so it has quite a bit of time and room to grow . if more online buyers begin seeking out a one - stop shop for both research and exchanging goods , wigix could eventually gain a spot among the smart shopper ' s bookmarks .
wigix chief executive james chong is nothing if not ambitious : he thinks he ' s got the recipe for an internet marketplace that will rival ebay .
wigix also supports its operations by running targeted advertisements on sku pages , such as ones for items on amazon . since wigix is a place only for identifiable goods ( no collectibles here , at least yet ) , it’s easy to serve up ads for the same products found elsewhere on the net .
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we ' re delighted to announce such high - profile board members with such deep understanding of the ecommerce market . the senior management and advisory team at wigix can draw on experience of working with innovative companies such as hotmail , schwab , skype , and baidu ,
said james chong , wigix ' s co - founder and ceo .
this will be invaluable in helping wigix achieve its goal of transforming the way consumer products are valued and traded online .
when a member adds a product description into wigix ' s inventory of skus - - stock - keeping units - - the member gets 5 percent of the transaction fees and advertising revenue derived from that site . in the camera example above , in which wigix gets $ 5 in fees , that would be 25 cents .
wigix executives leverage former ceo , cto , cfo and vp experience from cyanea systems , ibm , planetrx , charles schwab , and epoch partners / goldman sachs .
wigix announced it has reached an excess of two million unique catalog items since its inception . the wigix marketplace has also launched a photo - tagging feature that helps members easily identify products within their photos and display their portfolio of items in their wigix photo albums and on their facebook accounts .
label your stuff
allows users to tag and caption photos of their possessions easily for insurance purposes , visual selling or for fun . members can keep an inventory of household items in the case of insurance claims and quickly access wigix ' product information such as product manuals , reviews and videos just by uploading and tagging a picture of the product .
wigix believes its nasdaq - style , community - boosted trading system is better than ebay ' s auctions for selling most things . but the company faces formidable challenges .
the result is an innovative online marketplace : wigix . it ' s designed to help people on both sides of the buy / sell deal find the right price .
sellers do not owe anything to wigix if the item sells for under us $ 25 . sales from $ 25 to $ 100 pay $ 1 . 50 . for sales from $ 100 to $ 999 , sellers pay wigix a 2 percent share . for items that sell over $ 1 , 000 the seller owes one percent of the selling price .
despite the innovative attractions wigix offers , only time will tell if consumers buy into the financial trading site approach . it could be difficult to wean hardcore users from traditional auction sites .
wigix can also track how prices for goods change over time , which in addition to the bid / ask aspect of the site , makes it operate very much like a stock exchange .
wigix operates somewhat like a stock market , which is no surprise since ceo james chong and cto bob lee were heavily involved in architecting the online trading platform at investment firm charles schwab .
wigix plans to launch the public beta of its online trading system on tuesday and fully launch by the fall . it uses a nasdaq - style price - matching mechanism : sellers and buyers can list their desired prices for a particular item , and the system will notify people when they have matching orders . wigix also sells ads that can be targeted for the various categories and products on display .
how wigix works in contrast to ebay ' s system , wigix charges no listing fee , and any transaction less than $ 25 is free . when the fees kick in , wigix always charges the buyer $ 1 . 50 , but the seller pays a variable amount : $ 1 . 50 for a sale between $ 25 and $ 100 ; $ 1 . 50 plus 2 percent of the amount above $ 100 for a sale between $ 100 and $ 1 , 000 ; and $ 21 plus 1 percent of the amount above $ 1 , 000 for a sale of more than $ 1 , 000 .
wigix aims to be everything that ebay is not . although it ' s also a commerce site , the fee structure and rating system stray from ebay conventions . for one thing : wigix doesn ' t charge a fee for anything sold for less than $ 25 ; and it charges a flat fee of $ 1 . 50 to both the buyer and seller for anything valued between $ 25 and $ 100 .
ultimately , there are a number of pros and cons with the approach of wigix . the inability to hock any old antiques or hodgepodge of collectibles will undoubtedly be a deal - stopper for some ebay users . but wigix ' s focus on social shopping and motivating the community to help make the marketplace a better , more informative place to shop is a breath of fresh air in an arguably stale online marketplace industry .
wigix is community - driven online marketplace . there are no listing or transaction fees . and there are no final value fees for items below $ 25 . sellers can open store for free until april 2010 .
for example , if somebody buys a digital camera for $ 200 , wigix charges the buyer $ 1 . 50 and the seller $ 3 . 50 - - $ 1 . 50 plus 2 percent of $ 100 .
submit products to the wigix catalog and become the page owner where you ' ll earn 5 % of all the transactional and advertising revenue from that product page . you can also sell the page to any interested buyers .
one standout feature one might notice while navigating around wigix is its highly structured design . searching for a product produces a list of all products meeting the description , regardless of where the item is anchored in the catalogs .
wigix ceo and founder james chong said ,
we ' re constantly driving innovation , persistently looking for new ways as well as listening to the needs of our members to add richness to their overall wigix experience . with label your stuff , we are providing our sellers the ability to use a solutions - oriented sales approach . our buyers , in turn , receive the added benefit of knowing which products work and look best together .
either way , wigix , the “want it , got it xchange , ” hopes you’re annoyed enough to switch . the company , which launches today , offers an online marketplace modeled on stock exchanges , aimed at reducing inefficiences .
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wigix relies on users to not only add new products to its catalog , but also to flesh out their details . as motivation for helping with this heavy lifting , the company offers a revenue - sharing system for users who lend a hand . if you add an item to wigix ' s catalog and a category expert approves it , you then become the
homesteader
of that item and earn five percent of both its ad revenue and transaction fees .
wigix i’m not as familiar with , yet , but it’s getting great press and that doesn’t happen in a vacuum . so , even as ebay blunders about screwing things up , people like me just don’t care anymore because we have moved on . my concerns now are in watching a historic train wreck , the like of which the net has never seen . the demise of ebay will be taught in business schools for decades to come . bonanzle and wigix are coming on strong
by giving members a piece of the pie when lending a hand to make wigix a better marketplace community , the company is pioneering an interesting new recipe that ' s one part wikipedia and two parts amazon marketplace—with some ad revenue sprinkled on to keep families fed . with a strong selection of tools for buyers and sellers to communicate easily , wigix has created what could easily become a successful platform for
social shopping ,
with both sides of the counter sharing an equal part .
help build or complete the wigix catalog and you can win cash rewards by earning the most points . plus upon approval , you can become the page owner and earn 5 % of all the transactional and advertising revenue from that product page .
we view wigix as a place for product research as well . people can post and read reviews of items . potential buyers can ask the owner questions about his product . the community experience is integrated throughout the site ,
said lee .
such a member is called a
homesteader ,
to indicate wigix ' s hope for a land grab that will flesh out product categories , make it easier for other users to add inventory , and keep categories up to date with new products .
according to the company ' s press release ,
wigix transforms online auctions by employing the bid / ask model utilized by nasdaq and most other modern markets around the world allowing for informed , low - risk transactions . the company ' s minimal fees , combined with a community - driven marketplace in which its members can profit directly from the success of the site , boosts wigix to the forefront of online marketplaces , where people can find the consumer products they need and sellers can make more substantial profits .
wigix ' s approach to buying and selling goods is to maintain a central catalog of items which users can sign up to buy and sell . instead of allowing users to list any item with any title like ebay does , items are added to wigix ' s catalog by staff or by promoted users who are called
homesteaders
( more on those in a minute ) . this system makes for a much more organized shopping and selling experience , though sellers obviously aren ' t able to create storefronts with custom designs and flashing banners .
the online marketplace for selling products is dominated by the old guard in the form of ebay , and the free guard with craigslist . while there are plenty of other venues at which you can buy and sell goods from other individuals , newcomer wigix mixes a little bit of amazon , ebay , and crowdsourcing web 2 . 0 tools to present a new kind of marketplace . ars technica browses through wigix ' s aisles to see if it ' s a new chance for users to get rich off all those old baseball cards in the attic .
for one thing , ebay operates on a massive scale , and a marketplace ' s utility is tied to its quantity of buyers , sellers , and items for sale . for another , used goods may not always be the commodity - like products for which wigix is adapted at the outset .
another way to make money is to become a category expert , a person whom the company appoints to oversee a category such as
rolex watches ,
for example , by accepting or rejecting homesteaders ' sku submissions . category experts get 1 percent of wigix ' s fee and ad revenue for that category , chong said .
also , wigix isn ' t an auction - based system , which chong hopes will reduce the risk of fraud . users can use the site to keep track of all their
non - financial assets
and just like a stock market , the valuations of those goods adjust in real - time according to recent transactions .
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viewing an item displays an overview of relevant information , including how many users have an item to sell and how many are looking to buy . an item ' s market value is displayed , along with its most recent fluctuation in price , and a count of how many transactions that have happened for that item . other easy - access areas for each item include
ask owners
where potential buyers can communicate with other wigix users that have indicated they own ( but aren ' t necessarily selling ) an item , as well as blogs and a more agnostic discussions area . these features are only a prelude , however , to the larger social focus wigix has on the shopping experience .
to lure users , the oakland , calif . - based start - up also has a community - building twist : the company offers revenue - sharing perks to users who , in effect , help run wigix . in addition , there are no listing fees , and people ' s buy and sell orders don ' t expire unless explicitly set to .
but what if you ' re buying a car , one of the areas for which wigix has a category ? there ' s a lot a buyer might want to know about repair history , windshield condition , or other details that don ' t easily fit into the handy taxonomies . and how often are sellers going to update their listings with the latest mileage ?
chong , who was the architect of charles schwab ' s online trading platform , believes ebay ' s design is best suited to auctions of collectible , one - off items . but for those buying sony playstations , digital cameras , or other mass - manufactured items , he thinks wigix - -
want it got it exchange
- - has the better approach .
when i was perusing the hottest area so far on the pre - beta wigix , nintendo wiis , i didn ' t notice any easy way to distinguish why i should buy user birdie ' s for $ 500 rather than user kevinchung ' s for $ 700 . or , for that matter , why i should buy either over a $ 250 new one from a store ?
i don ' t have to worry about many of ebay ' s hassles or about my craigslist posting rapidly scrolling off into oblivion . as long as i ' m not in a hurry and the site can attract some members , wigix seems a good low - risk , low - cost way to handle buying or selling something like a book or cd , and wait until the right price comes along .
before co - founding wigix , mr . lee served as vice president of product management for cyanea systems , an enterprise software company that was purchased by ibm in 2004 . lee also served as vice president of engineering for epoch partners , an investment bank that used sophisticated technology to connect to one of the largest groups of individual investors in the united states . epoch partners was acquired in 2001 by goldman sachs .
buyers , likewise , need only find the item they’re looking for through a single search on wigix . once they’re on the page for that item , they can see last prices it sold at , how many buyers and sellers there are , descriptions , reviews and more . if they want to buy it , they put in a bid price ; when a seller meets the price , the transaction will be made .
ultimately , chong hopes to encourage people to list all kinds of things they own , making a liquid market out of just about anything , complete with a ticker that shows recent transactions and charts to show historical prices . maybe you don ' t have any particular plan to sell your first - generation ipod , but perhaps you ' d reconsider if wigix told you somebody would pay $ 50 for it , he said .
for sales from $ 100 to $ 999 , sellers pay wigix a 2 percent share . for items that sell over $ 1 , 000 the seller owes one percent of the selling price .
that means that the fee on a $ 999 item would be $ 19 . 98 , but the fee on either a $ 500 or a $ 1000 item would be $ 10 . 00 . this barely makes sense .
another issue for wigix is just how
skuable ,
as chong says , everything is . when it comes to goods for sale , there are plenty that are easily described with a product name and a check mark next to
good ,
new ,
or
poor .
a 4gb 133x sandisk compactflash card seems pretty straightforward , for example , and there aren ' t that many ipod models to pick from .
when i tried for myself to think of ebay competitors the only that immediately came to mind was etsy , which has created a successful market for unique , hand - made items , many of which would have otherwise ended up on ebay . in a sense , what wigix wants to do — become the marketplace for standard , mass - produced items — covers the other half of that equation . and yes , ebay irritates me enough to switch .
wigix launches in public beta today with the intent to standardize online marketplace listings , and consequently make it easier for consumers to find the products they desire . its sku - based system ( sku , as in the fact sheets used to describe inventoried items ) forces sellers to group their goods with others who are selling essentially the same product . this allows buyers to get a more complete overview of their options , and it allows for many other opportunities as well .
becoming a category expert involves a little more effort , as users apply for the position and recommend new categories or shoot for an existing one . category experts earn one percent of the entire category ' s ad revenue and transaction fees , and maintain their position for a year . after that time you can campaign to remain the category expert for another two years ( no details are provided as to what this actually entails ) , and all wigix members are allowed to vote .
james chong , bob lee and albert loh saw a market opportunity and they pounced on it . close to a year ago , when ebay ' s core auction business was showing signs of weakness , chong , lee and loh ( all former charles schwab execs ) were plotting a new commerce site that would rival ebay . they talked to hoards of ebay users , and today they ' ve launched their baby : wigix ( the
want it , got it exchange
) .
for example , with the sku system , buyers and sellers can search for item listings using more intelligent search . type “ipod” into wigix’s search , and it will automatically suggest all the possible ipod models that one can sell and buy through the site . the search results don’t show actual items for sale , but types of items ( “apple ipod photo 160gb” or “apple ipod mini 4gb” ) . it’s only once you click on one of these results that you can see who’s selling it .
going beyond mere sku numbers and basic statistics , however , wigix allows users to add all sorts of other relevant info and metadata like images , videos , and even user manuals , to an item ' s listing . if you see a green dollar icon listed for an item , that means it still requires some of this information to fill out its listing . again , you can become the homesteader for the item ( if no one else is ) if you add this information , with its attendant revenue benefits .
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the product pages are to be vetted by “category experts” who will take a tiny percentage of sales for their efforts , while sales fees have a set rate : zero fees for items under $ 25 , a fee of $ 1 . 50 each for the buyer and seller for items up to $ 100 , a 2 percent fee to the seller for $ 100 – $ 1 , 000 , and a one percent fee for every dollar over $ 1 , 000 . those prices are calculatedly much lower than ebay’s seller fees , and there is no listing fee at all , nor do listings expire .
as you buy items they’ll be automatically listed on your “portfolio” , or you can manually add those you already own . you’ll be able to see your portfolio change in price over time , just like a stock portfolio , and can choose to sell items anytime , or receive notifications of sudden price shifts ( in case your dingy old pair of converse suddenly acquire cult appeal ) .
the two founders that i met , former charles schwab traders james chong and bob lee , have plenty of additional ideas for how to monetize and run the site — more than i can fit here . what’s perhaps more interesting is an anecdote they had to pass on about tim draper of draper fisher jurvetson , which has $ 5 . 34 million invested in the company .
while i’d assumed a million ebay competitors must have been launched over the years , lee said their initial pitch to dfj for funding immediately got the attention of draper , who said that out of the many thousands of pitches he’d received over the years , only three had been for competitors to ebay . along with the investment , he joined the board of the company .
update 9 : 45 a . m . pdt : added details about the company ' s venture capital funding .
why is ebay bad ? it uses an auction model ( good for ) collectible , unique items ,
chong said .
for selling items like cell phones or ipods , it ' s not a good platform .
some of the community - building and revenue - sharing ideas are smart . but the company faces significant obstacles when it comes to dethroning ebay .
the ask / bid method is only one difference from ebay . another is that the company provides community members ways to make money by helping to run the site .
homesteaders must be
active members
who , at least once a week , blog about products , write in forums , buy or sell something , refer friends , or take a variety of other actions . and category experts shouldn ' t expect much in the way of vacation : they
must review , approve , or reject item submissions made for their category at least every three days . they must respond to user queries , update their blogs and discussion boards , as well as manage the category taxonomy and item - level characteristics , one to three times per week .
one other community - building incentive : members who refer others also get a 4 percent cut of those members ' homesteading revenue .
chong also said ebay sellers can import their ebay catalogs . and the company plans to have customer storefronts for power sellers starting in july .
sounds good , right ? everything is for sale , and those who help out get a piece of the action .
here are some of its statistics from the last quarter of 2007 , the last for which statistics were available : ebay has 82 . 3 million active members , processed sales of $ 2 , 039 in goods every second , and had about 115 million items listed for sale at any given moment .
those numbers reflect not just the size of the marketplace , but also the scale of the computing infrastructure the company has constructed , along with corresponding infrastructure for fraud detection , dispute resolution , and international sales . and ebay benefits from transaction histories that let buyers and sellers judge each other by reputation .
there ' s a field for
additional info ,
but neither had filled it out . even if they had - - perhaps adding various games or controllers to the list to explain the price tag - - it appears that a single sku isn ' t necessarily the best way to represent a wii for sale . bundling accessories for sale doesn ' t match well with a single - sku view of commerce .
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shopping on ebay is more like navigating a street marketplace than visiting a department store . disparate vendors sell their wares without any real coordination . as a result , buyers must visit each and everyone of them to ensure that they’re getting the best deal . and with each visit , they must cope and make sense of new advertising spins and types of service .
each sku page shows not only the current sellers but general overview information for the product as well . this includes the current market value , the recent changes in that value , reviews , specs , and more . users who own the product but haven’t officially put it on sale can list themselves as owners just in case someone wants to come along and make them an offer they can’t refuse . this zillow - make - me - move - like feature should change the way many people view their possessions ( not just dead items but stores of exchangeable value ) .
. it’s hoping its pricing structure will produce the right incentives to do that . there is no cost to list items under $ 25 . between $ 25 - 100 , the site takes one dollar from the buyer and one from the seller . and for more expensive items , it claims an additional 2 % of the sale price .
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with ebay in crash and burn mode it was inevitable that dozens of alternate sites would try to gash out a chunk of market share for themselves . older sites such as onlineauction , ioffer or even the miserably failed urltoken auctions have been around and nibbled away at ebay , without ever really taking root in the public consciousness . but the new breed is here and if i were ebay , i would be concerned .
sure , at the moment bonanzle only has 14 , 000 + members and a little more than 500 , 000 listings . but the site was only officially launched on sept . 1 , 2008 . good grief people , it’s barely out of beta and is the fastest growing alternate site in history . and there are books there , too . at least one other bookseller of note ( besides me , natch ) is there and more are signing up .
* * * children’s book collectors in new england are in for a treat . it seems a gathering of authors and illustrators are putting together their own tours of independent book stores , and that now more than 40 have signed on . your friendly neighborhood bookseller thinks this is great , because , while he has nothing against chain stores per se , indies are much more responsive to the marketplace and generally add to the cultural health of a community .
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as i blog this , koontz is listed as having written 106 books , in case you’re counting . that’s a lot . and in the early years he really cranked them out under a variety of pseudonyms . the dwyer name he used twice , as both deanna and k . r .
is typical of random house in the mid 70’s , octavo , black cloth backstrap and yellow paper boards . the standard random house first edition indicators are present , a number line ending in ‘2’ with the first edition slug . the jacket is also pretty typical , not particularly fragile . the front illustration is so 70’s it’s almost a cliche .
when hosseini’s novel was first published , no one thought it would ever be the runaway best - seller that it became . indeed , some first editions were actually remaindered . the book’s construction is better than average , though , with black cloth backstrap and dark green paper boards that seem a bit more solid than is normal . hosseini is well known for signing his books in both english and farsi and the photo here is a great example of that . standard first edition nomenclature .
* * * indications of ebay’s continuing slide are becoming common - place , but even the casual observer cannot fail to see the irony in this latest bit of news . one of john donahoe’s excuses for wiping out the best ecommerce site on the net was to make it an amazon clone . there are rumors that he wants to be jeff bezos’ love child , or at least his adopted son , but those are still rumors at this point . anyway , for the first time in a long time amazon beat ebay in unique visitors during november and , if you’re ebay , this is a very bad thing .
this means that ebay has given up its place as the premier site for odd and unusual things on the web to beat amazon at its own game , except amazon is increasing its lead while ebay is alienating its market . how , exactly , this benefits anyone except amazon is unknown at this point . but bbg is beginning to smell a rat . could ebay be committing suicide on purpose , to directly aid amazon in taking over the world ? granted , that seems a bit extreme on the surface of it , but what else explains the stupidity of telling all of your customers to get lost ? except , of course , stupidity itself .
* * * from my editor at ilam and the lady who created the site , sally powers , comes this snippet about popular crime fictioneer j . a . jance : “j . a . jance has a book coming out next summer combining two of her series characters , j . p . beaumont and joanna brady . she’s on tour with the current ali reynolds book and another is coming out next december . if you get a chance to hear her speak don’t miss it . her anecdotes , especially about book tours , are priceless . as is her opinion of new york publicists and their grasp of geography ! ”
so there you have it , jance - o - philes . catch her on her current tour and save your pennies for next summer’s big event .
* * * okay , your friendly neighborhood bookseller admits that he is a junkie for biographies about our founding fathers , an interest sparked by david mccullough’s utterly brilliant biography of john adams . so it’s with surprise and excitement that he sees lynne cheney will be writing a new biography of james madison . i have no idea whether mrs . cheney can write or not , but while madison is a crucial figure in the early history of the usa , even today his wife remains better known that her husband , ( which makes me crave a dolly madison cake about now ) his place in american history has not really been solidified in the public mind . i’m glad of this and wish her the best .
* * * i include the next story for several reasons . one , i love
, both the book and most of the various movie versions . indeed , the patrick stewart production is on tonight and i may choose it for my viewing pleasure . two , i don’t really know much about dickens so something biographical would be a pleasure . three , and most importantly , the linked review of the new book by les standiford ,
gives me the chance to say that standiford is one fine fellow , a better writer ( his john deal mysteries were terrific and deserved far more attention than they received ) and to post the picture that i have of him with some unknown but dashing chap in a bookstore .
standiford is not to be blamed for the crappy quality of the photo . he’s the distinguished looking man on the right .
* * * it is with great reluctance that bbg includes this story concerning two books about the 1958 nfl championship game . the game was great , perhaps the greatest ever played , but the reluctance comes in that your resident blogger actually remembers the game . or , at least , bits of it . i was a tyke at the time , running around and being obnoxious , and have only dream - images of the game being on at my uncle’s house while my relatives crowded around the flickering screen of the tv . i have no idea why it made such an impression on me . none . i wasn’t old enough to know what football was , yet there was something so profound about that game that i remember the event . strange thing , memory , storing away stuff for no apparent purpose and forgetting things you really should remember .
anyway , there are two new books about that game , either or which would probably be a great gift idea for dad or granddad .
* * * never let it be said that your friendly neighborhood bookseller isn’t an equal opportunity basher . i think by now you know my opinion of the new ebay , so let’s look today at the river , amazon . specifically , amazon . uk . it seems that even in this enlightened age workers wind up working for those who consider them chattel . holy dickens , batman !
of course , in the years before bbg came on the scene to save the world from the scourge of merely ordinary booksellers , he was employed selling electronics on commission for a company that makes amazon look downright progressive , so he does understand why a brutal work schedule is better than no work schedule at all .
* * * in all the world what are the three best cities for people who love books ? ask 10 people and you would probably get 12 opinions , but msnbc weighs in with theirs .
i would very much love to visit berlin and i’ve been to dublin . wow , i don’t know if it’s the best city for book lovers , hay - on - wye might take that honor , but it’s certainly a wonderful place . what’s more , the book of kells lives on at trinity college and it’s hard to imagine a more beautiful book . so yeah , i can live with this choice .
boston ? not for me . my german is passable and the irish are easily understood , but bostonians ? i might as well be in tibet . ( just kidding ! i could probably understand every other word in boston )
* * * worldnetdaily wants to know what you think are the top 10 all time more important non - fiction books , excluding the bible . i find this type of survey fascinating , as it gives people a chance to list their choices and others a chance to be exposed to great books they may not have been aware of . just a quick glance shows me i still have plenty of stuff left to discover .
michael chabon’s magnum opus is a bit better constructed than most random house offering of the period . white cloth backstrap and paper boards , the wonderful cover is of a heavy stock that should wear well , but is a bit prone to nicks and wear spots . still , it’s much better than most offerings . the double - sided copyright page is almost luxurious in this day and age .
first edition is indicated like any other random offering of the day , with a number line ending in ‘2’ and the first edition slug present . page ends are deckled . i have put this under sff but in reality it’s hard to categorize this one .
really taps into the manic weirdness that became his hallmark . how many books have a 28 pound largemouth bass that is trained to surface on command ? and skink , former governor of florida now living in the wilds , i mean , come on , that’s classic stuff .
sold before i could get photos , so i’m putting these up now because i doubt these copies will last long . the book is typical putnam of the period , cloth backstrap and paper boards , fairly high acid paper , number line down to ‘1’ . there are no points of issue that i’m aware of and i don’t know of a second printing , although that’s not definitive .
i read this back in 1991 , before the days when i kept a reading journal . but i remember how much i enjoyed the manic weirdness and how much i looked forward to more from hiaasen . my boss at the time , phil g . , recommended it to me and boy was he right .
the construction of the book is pretty typical putnam , of the mid 80’s , paper boards over cloth backstrap , quarto , a fairly high acid paper that can tone quite easily . the jacket is pretty durable , though . first edition typified by first edition slug with a number line down to ‘1 . ’ i don’t know of any subsequent pr intings as these were remaindered in decent quantities .


the following is a general comparison of bittorrent clients , which are computer programs designed for peer-to-peer file sharing using the bittorrent protocol .

the bittorrent protocol coordinates segmented file transfer among peers connected in a swarm .

a bittorrent client enables a user to exchange data as a peer in one or more swarms .

because bittorrent is a peer-to-peer communications protocol that does n't need a server , the bittorrent definition of client differs from the conventional meaning expressed in the client – server model .

bram cohen , author of the bittorrent protocol , made the first bittorrent client , which he also called bittorrent , and published it in july 2001 .

many bittorrent programs are open-source software ; others are freeware , adware or shareware .

some download managers , such as flashget and getright , are bittorrent-ready .

opera 12 , a web browser , can also transfer files via bittorrent .

in 2013 thunder networking technologies admitted that some of their employees surreptitiously distributed a trojan horse with certain releases of xunlei , the company 's bittorrent-ready download manager .

xunlei is included in the comparison tables .

comparison of bittorrent clients

this article is about the original bittorrent client . for bittorrent clients in general , see comparison of bittorrent clients .
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the following is a general comparison of bittorrent clients , which are computer programs designed for peer - to - peer file sharing using the bittorrent protocol .
comparison of utorrent , tribbler and tixati using an adsl connection ( 15mbps ) .
a quick comparison on these features shows us that only six clients ( that i’m aware of ) support more than half of the features .
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the following is a general comparison of the best open - source and free of adware bittorrent clients , which are computer programs designed for peer - to - peer ( p2p ) file sharing using the bittorrent protocol .
previously the company’s bittorrent client was crowned the most used bittorrent software in the world , beating utorrent and several other popular clients .
applications such as ‘dropbox’ , ‘eve online’ , ‘civilisation iv’ , and bittorrent clients do this .
please note that , although other bittorrent clients support encryption , that does not make them anonymous .
more and more isp ' s are limiting and throttling bittorrent traffic on their networks . by throttling bittorrent traffic the speed of bittorrent downloads decrease , and high speed downloads are out of the question .
bugfix : use case - insensitive comparison for torrent content window . closes # 6327 . ( chocobo1 )
in a world of freeware bittorrent clients , there are two standout services : utorrent and vuze . since there are hundreds of torrent clients available , many torrent users argue which software is better . to settle the debate of utorrent vs . vuze , we have put both the clients head - to - head . our comparison focused on the features they offer , their overall performance , compatibility , and their reputation across different torrent communities .
applications such as ' dropbox ' , ' eve online ' , ' civilization iv ' , and bittorrent clients do this .
an xcode project for my version of bittorrent . this package does not include the bittorrent source . you’d have to get that from urltoken .
3 . ticking ‘allow legacy incoming connections’ allows non ecrypted clients to connect to you . this improves compatibility between clients but makes you more vulnerable to traffic shapers .
this is different for all clients ; check the setting for your favorite client below .
some torrent clients offer every conceivable function . others keep things as simple as possible .
alot of my clients kids use bit torrent to d / l free to play games and distribute movies they made .
are you tired of scanning several bittorrent sites for the latest episodes of your favorite tv - show ? you should definitely try using rss feeds then . rss and bittorrent are a perfect match .
bittorrent is a peer - to - peer file sharing protocol used for distributing large amounts of data .
we expect you would have liked our utorrent vs . vuze comparison guide . after exploring the guide , you can find the differences between utorrent vs . bittorrent , qbittorrent vs . vuze , and so on .
sharing files via bittorrent is pretty easy , but a decent client can make the experience that much more pleasant . similarly , a crappy client with a clunky user interface can be extremely frustrating . the tom ' s guide team has put together a list of clients for your perusal . be sure to check ' em out in ' 10 desktop bittorrent clients . '
utorrent is an efficient bittorrent client for windows from the originator of the bittorrent protocol . most of the features present in other bittorrent clients are present in utorrent , including bandwidth prioritization , scheduling , rss auto - downloading , and mainline dht . additionally , utorrent supports the protocol encryption joint specification and peer exchange . unlike many torrent clients , it does not hog valuable system resources - - typically using less than 6mb of memory , allowing you to use the computer as if it weren ' t there at all .
in short tribler is the evolution of p2p technology building on but also going beyond the successful bittorrent protocol .
designed the protocol in april 2001 and released a first implementation of the bittorrent client on 2 july 2001 .
abc ( another bittorrent client ) . decent client , nice interface . abc does not support bittorrent encryption , rss , dht and it doesn’t have a tracker . bittorrent is based on bittornado , and added a queuing system .
you might be wondering why bittorrent has its own torrent client when it also maintains utorrent – especially when the bittorrent app is a rebranded version of utorrent . are you still following us ?
i meant current clients as in current torrent clients that already exist in the play store , most of which are fully featured bittorrent clients . try flud . it ' s the one i use . i doubt there are plans for a qbittorrent android port at this moment in time , as it would require a recoding it in a different language , which brings its own set of problems . android runs on java , qbittorrent uses c + + with qt .
pingback : το bittorrent client frostwire 5 . 7 . 2 φέρενει επιτέλους υποστήριξη utp
how to search , open and download torrents with vuze bittorrent client 5 . 0
there are a couple of bittorrent clients that are able to handle rss feeds . azureus , bitcomet and utorrent for example can all subscribe to rss feeds . you can check this list to see if your favorite bittorrent client supports rss feeds . utorrent has a great tutorial how to configure the feeds to automate downloading .
what is the best bittorrent client ? although it ' s not an easy question to answer , we will give it a try . we compared more than 20 bittorrent clients ( windows ) on 9 features and the overall impression . some features are of course more important that others , depending on the users needs .
here are the results . i have experience with all 6 clients mentioned here and came to the following conclusion .
for bittorrent 7 . 4 . 3 . 43797 build 7 . 4 . 3 . 43797 ( 597 . 85 kb ) - june 1 , 2018 to install , place bittorrent . lng in / applications / bittorrent . app / contents / macos /
feature : add combobox for selecting bittorrent protocol . closes # 6316 . ( chocobo1 )
µtorrent® - torrent downloader 5 . 0 . 4 apk download - bittorrent , inc .
it ' s average , the client doesn ' t determine the speed of the torrents , your internet connection does . for the most part all bittorrent clients are the same , it ' s all about preference utorrent and bittorrent are the 2 best but as i said before ,
the client doesnt control the speed of downloads , it ' s your internet connection
torrentflux is a php front end for bittorrent . manage all of your torrent downloads through a convenient web interface from anywhere . requires apache with php module , mysql and , bittornado or bittorrent source ( included ) .
bittorrent is a peer - to - peer program developed by bram cohen and bittorrent , inc . used for uploading and downloading files via the bittorrent protocol . bittorrent was the first client written for the protocol . it is often nicknamed mainline by developers denoting its official origins . since version 6 . 0 the bittorrent client has been a rebranded version of µtorrent . as a result , it is no longer open source and is currently available for microsoft windows and mac os x .
it doesn ' t break or change anything for clients that don ' t recognize it . and clients that don ' t recognize it would still get the benefit from peers able to send them pieces originally from a http / ftp server .
there are a couple of features that every client should have . how important these features are depends on your personal preferences and usage of bittorrent . if you use bittorrent only to download linux distro’s “rss support” is probably not that important to you . however , if you use bittorrent to download tv - shows you might consider rss support as an essential feature .
@ niksus : it basically lays bittorrent on top of udp , which provides for better flow control , no tcp rst packet attacks , and probably other stuff i ' m not thinking of off the top of my head .
there are more bittorrent clients than we could possibly compare , but some of the most popular—and best—have been under the spotlight lately for sleazy ads and bad behavior . it’s time to check in on a few of our favorites to see how they fare , which deserves your downloads , and which you can trust .
enjoy an ads - free experience with the pro version of bittorrent for android - - now with battery saving preferences . try it here .
feature : configurable number of history of paths in add new torrent dialog . ( evsh )
bugfix : better reporting of success / failure of torrent and file deletion . ( sledgehammer999 )
tribler currently does not support encryption . this means tribler will not communicate with peers who have configured their clients to require encryption .
: lftp - 4 . 0 . 0 released . bittorrent client added , some bugs fixed .
applications for ubuntu / linux are not at all in short supply . but picking the best from the rest is not an easy thing to do . there are a number of really good bit torrent clients for ubuntu out there . here we intend feature a collection of 5 really good bit torrent clients for ubuntu which we think are among the best .
if you ' re looking for a good bittorrent client , try utorrent . it has what other bittorrent clients have , such as scheduling , bandwidth management , and mainline dht , plus extras like a unique protocol that detects and corrects for heavy traffic . animated ads for games and other software keep utorrent free , but the developer warns of counterfeits that charge for the software or subscriptions .
web seeding was implemented in 2006 as the ability of bittorrent clients to download torrent pieces from an http source in addition to the swarm . the advantage of this feature is that a site may distribute a torrent for a particular file or batch of files and make those files available for download from that same web server ; this can simplify seeding and load balancing greatly once support for this feature is implemented in the various bittorrent clients . in theory , this would make using bittorrent almost as easy for a web publisher as simply creating a direct download while allowing some of the upload bandwidth demands to be placed upon the downloaders ( which normally use only a very small portion of their upload bandwidth capacity ) . read more here . bitcomet implemented this feature from version 1 . 14 , and supports the getright webseeding spec .
since version 6 . 0 , the bittorrent client has been a rebranded version of µtorrent . as a result , it is no longer open source .
. that provided the company enough public validation to finally launch bittorrent dna two and half years later .
the dht has also had some minor work done to the internal logic . this was mostly to further increase the speed of dht lookups , and mitigate the impact of certain other clients that are abusing the dht network with excessive requests .
torrent files are incredibly useful , but to use them , you need the right software . here are the best free torrent clients around .
it ' s worth noting that utorrent has a record of security problems , the most recent of which had the potential to let hackers control key functions of the client and spy on users ' downloads . bittorrent has since released a patch for the vulnerability .
comparison of utorrent , tribbler and tixati using an adsl connection ( 15mbps ) . during 1 week and 100gb transferred . my results : utorrent almost 1 mbps down speed . tixati almost 500 kbps tribler around 300 kbps thats it folks ! these are my p2p benchmarks .
get bittorrent to go . discover and download media directly on your smartphone or tablet . download torrents directly to your phone or tablet , with the official bittorrent app for android . brought to you by the team that invented the bittorrent protocol , this free android torrent app lets you download and enjoy media wherever you are .
qbittorrent is officially shipped on blackpanther os cd as the default bittorrent client . rpm packages are available here .
launched the product claiming that
implementing bittorrent dna on top of legacy infrastructure has the profound impact of allowing our customers to deliver a better user experience , higher quality video , faster software downloads , all with the security and reliability of a managed service .
interview claimed that he attempted to sell bittorrent dna in january 2005 . after finding that bittorrent ' s brand was too polarizing for potential customers , they delayed the launch until after partnering with nearly 50 media companies in the
the sha - 1 hash is constructed of the concatenation of all urls in the order in the list .
core | timed rotation queue rule now based on last seeded time of torrent , instead of torrent position .
this signifies the name of the browser ( opr ) followed by a series of numbers denoting the build .
the list of isp’s that limit bittorrent traffic , or plan to do so is growing every day , and according to the bbc , the ‘bandwidth war’ has begun .
: lftp - 4 . 4 . 0 released . dht and other bittorrent extensions added ; some bugs fixed .
deluge is among my favorite bit torrent clients for ubuntu . it is fast , slick and packed with all sorts of functionalities . deluge is not available in ubuntu by default , but its in the repositories .
the xunlei software is very popular in china and has about 30 % of world bittorrent users , making it the most used bittorrent client for the service , which allows peer - to - peer file sharing . the bittorrent protocol breaks each file to be shared into small chunks and sends them across the internet between computers . parts of the complete file can be hosted on many different computers , and the whole reconstructed by pulling the parts from different machines .
if the client knows it is part of a bittorrent swarm , when first beginning it is better to start the http / ftp download somewhere randomly in the file . that way it ' s more likely the first http pieces it gets will be useful for sharing to the bittorrent peers .
as mentioned before , the tribler project is funded by tax payers money , most of which comes from eu grants . however , according to dr . johan pouwelse , leader of the tribler project at delft university of technology , those who complain that spending all this money on the development of a bittorrent client is a waste , are wrong .
despite the fact that only a few thousand people are using tribler on a monthly basis , in technological terms it is one of the most advanced clients . people who install the client will notice that there’s a search box at the top of the application , similar to that offered by other clients . however , when one does a search the results don’t come from a central index . instead , they come from other peers .
bittyrant is a new , protocol compatible bittorrent client that is optimized for fast download performance . bittyrant is . . .
disclaimer : µtorrent® - torrent downloader is the property and trademark from bittorrent , inc . , all rights reserved by bittorrent , inc . . click on the above link to proceed to the apk file download page or app buy page .
and advanced cross - platform bittorrent client written in python . with gtk + , web , and console user interface .
by bittorrent inc . , in reference to protocol extensions developed by the company to accelerate download performance and isp manageability .
this is my port of corefoundation - lite to freebsd . corefoundation - lite is the open source subset of apple’s corefoundation . the following is from apple’s description of corefoundation ,
that aside , utorrent is useful , effective and doesn ' t gobble up too much of your system ' s resources : the entire app is smaller than a digital photo . although it isn ' t the official bittorrent app , it ' s been maintained by bittorrent for the last decade .
of course , malware that will backdoor your machine and steal your passwords or ransomware are both way more serious than adware that just sticks around , makes money off of you , and makes itself annoying—but both underscore a problem with torrent clients , especially the popular ones : they’re either easy targets to get to the myriad computers running them , or they demand tons of time and resources with very little return on that investment , so they desperately try to monetize . in either case , it’s important to be informed of the security and privacy implications of their use , and the historical issues they both have—especially considering they’re two of the most popular clients in wide use .
the italian techzine urltoken published a new long - form bittorrent tutorial titled la grande guida a bittorrent ( literally : the big guide to bittorrent ) . the author recommends qbittorrent as
the best bittorrent client for windows
, citing the lightweight footprint , the no - crapware bundled installer and the clean interface among the top reasons for his choice . those who understand italian can read the full guide here : la grande guida a bittorrent . urltoken team welcomes hints , tips and tricks to make the guide even better : comments can be left using the guide own commenting system ( free registration required ) .
any use of vuze® and vuze + ™ that violates the rights of any person or entity is not allowed . more
however , while the apps are functionally identical there are a few key differences : bittorrent offers web - based seeding , commenting and reviewing , and you may find that the bittorrent client is welcomed by private trackers that don ' t like utorrent .
ok , thanks . but , when i had both bittorrent and utorrent installed , i noticed a small difference in speed .
while it remains unclear whether xunlei’s popular bittorrent client was used to spread the malware , the company has admitted that its employees were responsible for the development and distribution of the suspicious software .
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bittorrent is a great technology to share files both quickly and efficiently , but like most other p2p - technologies it has an achilles ' heel . the download process relies in part on central servers that can crash or go offline for a variety of reasons . to address this vulnerability the first truly decentralized bittorrent / p2p client has been developed , meaning that no central trackers , or even bittorrent search engines are required to download movies , software and music .
it’s many features include web ui , bittorrent protocol encryption , web seed , rss ( via plugin ) , proxy support and more . deluge is a free cross - platform bittorrent client , its available to download for mac , windows and linux , and ubuntu .
azureus is the runner up . they do support all the features that are listed ( some via plugins ) , azureus and utorrent are in fact the only clients that support all these features . azureus is a great client , and especially for those who don’t care about memory and cpu usage but like to get all kinds of fancy features to pimp up their bittorrent client .
moreover , removing proxies and listening to the user feedback will answer the question of which of these lessons is correct . ; )
memory leaks of torrent object caused by many internal subclasses of webtorrent , including raritymap , tcppool , webconn , server , file .
bittorrent stable ( old ) with ppc support ( 7 . 3 . 5 . 27628 build 7 . 3 . 5 . 27628 )
getright was already able to download the same file from several http / ftp mirrors at once , a feature common in many download managers . when adding the bittorrent protocols into getright , it made sense to just consider bittorrent another protocol and be able to do the same .
shareaza can connect to up to 4 separate peer - to - peer networks , providing access to hundreds of thousands of diverse users , all from one single program . you can download / upload from these networks : edonkey2000 , gnutella , bittorrent and gnutella2 ( g2 ) .
feature : remove settings to exchange trackers . it wasn ' t used by non - libtorrent clients . also it has a privacy risk and you might be ddosing someone . ( sledgehammer999 )
or series of mirror hosts . the bittorrent protocol has made it much easier to download everything from books , data , documents , software and other media , but it ' s only as easy as your the
the bittorrent client enables a user to search for and download torrent files using a built - in search box (
search for torrents
) in the main window , which opens the bittorrent torrent search engine page with the search results in the user ' s default web browser .
we are working toward a major overhaul of the channels system , including a share / search / browse network that operates independently of channels .
one disadvantage of freezing is that it will increase the size of your distribution by about 2–12mb . also , you will be responsible for shipping updated versions of your application when security vulnerabilities to python are patched .
many websites that list a bittorrent™ download also list a plain old http or ftp link for the same file for those people who don ' t use bittorrent . the files are identical . why shouldn ' t a bittorrent client be able to download from either source , putting all the parts together into one complete file ( and even sharing out the pieces it gets from other sources to its peers as they ' re validated ! )
a question which often puzzles the minds of novice bittorrent uploaders is the one about the trackers . at the creation time of the . torrent file you will be able to input ( among other things ) the url of one or several trackers . while not mandatory anymore at present time ( due to “trackerless torrents” being widely supported by most clients ) this is still a robust and widely - used method of making sure that your torrent will have a classical and fully protocol - compliant means of tracking and sharing peers . whether you choose to include tracker urls or not in your . torrent file is entirely up to you . if you don ' t , it will fall entirely on the shoulders of dht and pex to track the peers in the swarm .
no , you are not . tribler is a normal bittorrent client in that it participates in torrent swarms like any other bittorrent client . you can download from and upload to all the other peers in that swarm . however , when seeding anonymously , only other tribler users can download your content .
for a description of which ports to open , see below . how you open ports completely depends on the device or software you ' re trying to configure , but portforward has excellent coverage of most of them .
aside from the fact that the technology itself is both exciting and fully operational in the real world , there are some issues that have to be overcome . due to the low userbase of tribler , the total number of torrents that are findable is relatively low . about 20 , 000 , which is quite low compared to the millions of torrents most bittorrent sites index .
with hundreds of millions of active users xunlei is arguably the most used bittorrent client in the world , albeit almost exclusively in china . but aside from delivering entertainment the company was recently found to be distributing malware to thousands of people through its services . the company , partly owned by google , has fired the employees responsible and now offers an uninstaller to infected users .
trackers discovered through this protocol should be treated with a certain amount of suspicion . since the source of a tracker exchange message cannot be trusted , an implementation should have a lower number of retries before giving up entirely .
after a long period of code refactoring and testing , we are glad to announce the release of qbittorrent v2 . 5 . 0 . this major release brings a lot of new features as well as important performance improvements .
the tribler team has come a long way to reach the point they’re at now . we first reported on the ‘tax - payer - funded’ bittorrent client in 2006 , and in the years that followed tens of millions of dollars have been spent on the client’s development resulting in the latest 5 . 3 release .
with the vuze torrent downloader™ application for android you ' re in control of your torrents . a lightweight , powerful bittorrent app that brings the complete torrent experience directly to your smartphone or tablet . stable technology that delivers content your way .
but there is a solution . encrypting your torrents will prevent throttling isp’s from shaping your traffic . i will explain how to enable encryption in azureus , utorrent , and bitcomet , the three most popular torrent clients .
bittorrent dna is different from traditional bittorrent in that it relies on publisher http servers in order to provide publishers with guaranteed minimum data delivery rate , as well as give publishers control over content delivery ( peers must connect to the origin server before they can reach other peers ) , and collect information about content delivery to share with the publisher . the quality of the file transfer is specified in terms of a long - term average bitrate for data and in terms of meeting deadlines when streaming . it also can give bandwidth to tcp and other traffic .
this p2p client has a lot to offer and you reap all the benefits . with shareaza ' s well designed interface you can do a lot more than all the other clients out there , why don ' t you read on to check out the rest of shareaza ' s great features .
with the combination of p2p - based search , torrent downloads and moderation , bittorrent sites have been almost rendered obsolete . although we don’t see torrent sites going away any time soon it’s ‘assuring’ to see that there are alternatives . tribler’s cutting edge technology allows users to search for torrents and download files without the need for any central server . a revolution , not only for bittorrent but for p2p in general .
was completely removed in the official bittorrent version 6 . 1 and 6 . 1 . 1 , but was re - introduced in version 6 . 1 . 2 .
these days , many bittorrent sites have also started publishing rss feeds of their listings . these feeds are often highly customizable , and can send you updates on whatever you want . some even enclose . torrent files like podcast feeds enclose media ones .
bugfix : fix sorting of country flags column in peers tab . ( sledgehammer999 )
cosmetic : slim down ' downloads ' page of options window . ( sledgehammer999 )
bugfix : fix selection of esperanto locale . closes # 4999 . ( sledgehammer999 )
bugfix : fix reporting of tracker status . closes # 3101 . ( sledgehammer999 )
cosmetic : use ' μtp ' instead of ' utp ' . ( sledgehammer999 )
same here , more info please . both can mean a lot of things .
to the western public the name xunlei might not ring any immediate bells , but in china its software is used by hundreds of millions of people every month .
changes in version 3 of azureus / vuze are listed in a separate file .
the daily number of infections has dropped dramatically , according to data from eset .
. tixati is now 100 % ipv6 compliant in all parts of the program .
fix changing queue position of paused torrents ( 1 . 1 . 3 regression )
hope this list proves to be of real help for newbie ubuntu users . for those you have just started using ubuntu , you might want to check out this collection of applications of all kinds you might want to install after installing ubuntu .
, for that specific torrent , in any bitcomet client downloading it ( as well as in all other clients which comply to the private flag specifications ) . basically the only peers a client will be able to obtain when downloading the contents of this torrent , will be those provided by the tracker specified in the
torrents , this gets a bit more interesting . normally , bittorrent clients use the
name
from the . torrent info section to make a folder , then use the
path / file
items from the info section within that folder . for the case of multi - file torrents , the ' url - list ' should be a root folder where a client could add the same
name
and
path / file
to create the url for the request .
update : as pointed out by readers , there are other p2p - technologies that work fully decentralized , such as kademlia . the decentralized “revolution” is limited to bittorrent only .
over on the µtorrent side of things , more than a few people ( and private trackers ) abandoned the software when they started introducing sleazy banner ads and then bundling adware and crapware with their installer ( which , to this day , you still have to manually deselect , or else you’ll get crap like the “spigot toolbar” and custom search apps and widgets in both firefox and chrome . ) then came the “premium” versions of µtorrent available without the crapware , and that little matter of a version that came with a bitcoin miner bundled along with . put all of this together and you have a client that’s steadily eroded the trust of its users . a little over a year ago , when we asked you for your favorite bittorrent clients , you definitely mentioned µtorrent , but it came with a ton of caveats , and many of you saying you’d never use a version beyond 2 . 2 . 1 ( and , to be fair , many of you pointing out that it’s easy to disable the ads , and easier to click “decline” when you install it . )
other : fix splitting of compiler flags in configure . autoconf removes a set of [ ] during script translation , resulting in a wrong sed command . ( sledgehammer999 )
package locations . for a current list of available binary packages of which the kde project has been informed , please visit the 4 . 14 . 3 info page .
prior to version 6 . 0 , bittorrent was written in python , and was free software . versions up to and including 3 . 4 . 2 were distributed under the mit license . the source code for versions 4 . x and 5 . x was released under the bittorrent open source license , a modified version of the jabber open source license . versions 4 . 0 and 5 . 3 were relicensed under the gpl .
familiar  bittyrant is based on modifications to azureus 2 . 5 , currently the most popular bittorrent client . all of our changes are under the hood . you’ll find the gui identical to azureus , with optional additions to display statistics relevant to bittyrant’s operation .
encryption of bittorrent traffic provides no additional security in the form of privacy or anonymity . the only parties that can ' t read the contents of the encrypted traffic are the parties that just pass it on , such as your isp . it has been suggested that encrypting traffic can prevent governments or other agencies from tracking what files you download , but this is not true . any party can change a bittorrent client to join a number of swarms they want information about and just look around and contact all the peers in that swarm , encrypted or not , by pretending to download the files in that swarm . this is the most common method for finding out the addresses of all peers downloading a particular torrent and works just as well if you encrypt your traffic .
as for the downloads themselves , if one clicks on a ‘torrent’ in the search result , the meta - data is pulled in from another peer and the download starts immediately . tribler is based on the standard bittorrent protocol and uses regular bittorrent trackers to communicate with other peers . but , it can also continue downloading when a central tracker goes down .
proposal . a disadvantage of its method that it requires people other than bittorrent client authors to do something : ) since just about every http / ftp server already allows resuming , all existing servers can be used without any changes with the method getright is using .
rss : fix build because of missing header . closes # 7805 . ( thoradia )
bugfix : better detection of already present files when adding a torrent . ( fbriere )
search : use urltoken script instead of downloadmanager . closes # 5026 . ( glassez )
bugfix : fix resolution of peer host names . closes # 4307 . ( sledgehammer999 )
cosmetic : fix printing of the copyright symbol in the about dialog . ( sledgehammer999 )
search : change width of columns in search tab . closes # 764 ( ngosang )
cosmetic : fix naming of actions opening new dialogs ( use name . . . )
bugfix : use xdg folders ( . cache , . local ) instead of . qbittorrent
yes of course . i . e i cannot download directly on the android device .
gaps are spaces of multiple pieces in a row that i don ' t have .
: lftp - 4 . 0 . 3 released . a pair of bugs fixed .
: lftp - 3 . 7 . 15 released . a pair of bugs fixed .
: lftp - 3 . 5 . 15 released . a pair of bugs fixed .
: lftp - 3 . 5 . 10 released . fixed a pair of bugs .
: lftp - 3 . 4 . 6 released . a pair of bugs fixed .
note , in particular , that all of these apply to torrents in your own channel if you look them up from the main channels view instead of under my channels .
cbs interactive does not encourage or condone the illegal duplication or distribution of copyrighted content .
developed to use low memory and cpu , and it does . but it doesn’t support any of the nine features we listed . artic supports 0 out of 9 features .
write : file : ` setup . py ` ( list of configuration options ) :
bittorrent is branded as a peer - to - peer technology , but despite this label the downloading process still relies heavily on central servers . in the first place there are the bittorrent search engines and indexes such as the pirate bay and isohunt . these are needed to search for content and to grab the . torrent file one needs to download a file .
no . bittyrant does not change the amount of data uploaded , just which peers receive that data . specifically , peers which upload more to you get more of your bandwidth . when all peers use the bittyrant client as released , performance improves for the entire swarm . the details of this are explained further below . in our paper , we consider situations in which peers use clients which attempt to both maximize performance and conserve upload contribution , but bittyrant , as released , attempts only to maximize performance .
trademark notices . kde ® and the k desktop environment ® logo are registered trademarks of kde e . v . linux is a registered trademark of linus torvalds . unix is a registered trademark of the open group in the united states and other countries . all other trademarks and copyrights referred to in this announcement are the property of their respective owners .
if your designated player is one capable of playing video content from inside rar archives ( see the end of this subsection for details on that ) , then you will be able to play the video file without having to extract the contents of the archive first .
the rc4 encryption obfuscates not only the header but the entire stream . this means that it’s very hard for your isp to detect that the traffic you are generating comes from bittorrent .
it remains unclear whether xunlei’s bittorrent client was used to spread the malware . since august , xunlei made available an uninstaller application , which users could download and remove the problem manually .
for torrents containing small files , several http / ftp transfers may be needed for one piece . it may make more sense to do those using bittorrent ! for example , if there were 100 1kb files , assuming 32kb pieces ( the worst case ) , it would take 100 http / ftp transfers to do the files , but only 4 bittorrent piece requests .
dna is also different from traditional bittorrent in that it is a udp - based protocol that has replaced regular tcp - based bandwidth throttling with a much more sensitive bandwidth management technique .
initially launched in 2005 , utorrent has over 100 million users at the time of writing this post . bittorrent , inc . owns the torrent client and this popularity has grown over the years . the software became an instant hit among torrent users due to its lightweight and superior performance . one of the reasons for this is that utorrent is not java based .
windows : disable skipping of loopback interfaces . this fixes the absence of vpn tunnel interfaces under windows and works around the qtbug - 32349 . fixes # 7291 . ( evengard )
the results view should come forward and give you a number of results . one of them should be named sintel . you can now click the download button to the right .
by downloading and installing this software , you agree to our terms of use and privacy policy . this software is a part of a beta test . by participating in our beta testing program , you will help us improve the feature set and quality of project maelstrom .
this extension makes it possible for bittorrent peers to learn about new trackers for a swarm they have joined . ideally ending up with every peer knowing about every tracker used for the torrent .
torrent clients turn your computer into part of a swarm where data is shared as it ' s downloaded , so while you ' re downloading something from other people you ' re also helping others download the bits you ' ve already got . the result is a very reliable and often very fast way to get your hands on huge files .
bittyrant differs from existing clients in its selection of which peers to unchoke and send rates to unchoked peers . suppose your upload capacity is 50 kbps . if you’ve unchoked 5 peers , existing clients will send each peer 10 kbps , independent of the rate each is sending to you . in contrast , bittyrant will rank all peers by their receive / sent ratios , preferentially unchoking those peers with high ratios . for example , a peer sending data to you at 20 kbps and receiving data from you at 10 kbps will have a ratio of 2 , and would be unchoked before unchoking someone uploading at 10 kbps ( ratio 1 ) . further , bittyrant dynamically adjusts its send rate , giving more data to peers that can and do upload quickly and reducing send rates to others .
are you not sure if your traffic is being throttled check the list of bad isp’s .
webui : implement http persistence connection . max simultaneous connection limit set to 500 . this also release allocated memory of connection instances at runtime instead of at program shutdown . ( chocobo1 )
bugfix : properly fix the handling of default save path store / load . ( sledgehammer999 )
webui : modified download and upload windows to allow autocompletion of browsers . ( naikel aparicio )
bugfix : fix reordering of first column with qt5 . closes # 2835 . ( sledgehammer999 )
webui : set correct http content - type in case of forbidden access . ( pmzqla )
feature : allow more fine tuning of upload slots . it should improve speed ( sledgehammer999 )
' url - list ' = either a single item or a list of normal urls .
©2013 headlight software , inc . getright® is a registered trademark of headlight software , inc .
core | few bugfixes for java 1 . 7 detection of comparator contract violation [ parg ]
that said , to curb the issue of software performance , vuze has introduced a lightweight version called leap . it is also available for free and doesn’t uses massive amounts of resources as compared to vuze . another advantage of leap is that it has no ads , which is apparent on vuze . you can also view our guide of how to use vuze anonymously .
encryption of bittorrent traffic is used to defend against traffic shaping employed by , for example , internet service providers ( isps ) . some isps are known to use deep packet inspection to classify traffic and to slow down p2p networks . then again , bittorrent traffic can also be classified by using other signals than just the contents in the traffic itself ( e . g . is there a lot of encrypted traffic coming in from more than 30 hosts , then we ' ll slow them down ) . as such encryption provides only a first defense against traffic shaping .
these particular clients are just the tip of the iceberg . they’re some of the most popular , but others , like deluge ( win / mac / linux ) and vuze ( win / mac / linux ) are also great contenders . we just couldn’t possibly compare them all in a showdown like this . maybe we’ll pit them against the winner here , or against each other in the future showdown if there’s interest . the bottom line here though is that there are plenty of options , even if you don’t these three—and there are even more options out there if you don’t like any of the ones we’ve mentioned so far .
the extension message is bencoded and contains a single key : added which is a list of strings . each string is the url of a tracker that was added since the last update .
a new major release of qbittorrent was released today : v2 . 8 . 0 . the first version of qbittorrent which support the next libtorrent v0 . 16 ( with utp support ) .
tixati now supports incoming and outgoing udp hole - punching , compatible with all other clients supporting the common
ut _ holepunch
extension . this alleviates the need to map an incoming port through broadband routers and firewalls that use network address translation ( nat ) .
try tixati , i tried so many clients , i use both utorrent & tixati , but tixati is good for big torrents , less hashfails & wasted data than utorrent . plus tixati has some new features , it is not updated regularly this is the main problem
the latest version of the tribler bittorrent client ( win , mac and linux ) , released only a few minutes ago , is capable of all the above and many more things that could be described as quite revolutionary . the client combines a ‘zero - server’ approach with features such as instant video streaming , advanced spam control and personalized content channels , all bundled into a single application .
you can limit the download or upload speed of active downloads and seeds by going into the settings and , under the bandwidth tab , setting the desired values . note , however , that this limits the speed of active downloads and seeds , not of tribler in its entirety . the overhead of the tribler protocol , in particular , can ' t be limited at this point .
vuze leap will change torrenting as you know it . a lightweight , ultra - fast and simple to use bittorrent client than anyone can use . get it now and amplify your torrent experience today !
we are proud that tribler never had a single second of downtime in the six years since it exists . yes , we had software bug and version upgrade issues . however , the overlay has always been alive and evolving . we still have a lot of ideas on how to improve matters . currently we are creating more robust alternatives for all tcp - based protocols , including bittorrent itself .
when we speak of mac devices , you can use either bittorrent client . the battle between utorrent vs . vuze for mac is a close one . both the software offer reliable performance on mac , therefore , it is hard to pick one over the other . some users prefer vuze because of its additional features compared to utorrent , while others want maximum system performance so they fancy utorrent .
apply this patch to any of the below 220s . it ' s a one - liner .
this extension is designed to have minimal impact on the common case of every peer knowing of the exact same trackers . this case is recognized as the dominant case , and is important to not add any penalty in terms of bandwidth , since that might deter implementors from adopting this extension .
bugfix : fix loading of new geoip db due to an artificial size limit . ( sageptr )
bugfix : exported torrents now use name instead of hash . closes # 4205 . ( glassez )
rss : handle magnet links as torrents instead of news urls . closes # 3560 ( ngosang )
according to eset’s data , the daily number of infections has dropped significantly since xunlei’s remedial actions .
below you will find a detailed description of the torrent maker ui and it ' s options .
fill in the url of the tracker server and dht network node list in the blank filed .
: lftp - 4 . 1 . 3 released . a pair of bugs in torrent fixed .
a file sharing program needs a fresh list of peers to bootstrap . thus a pre - defined list of peers is included in the software installer . as peers can go offline it is important that at least one peer out of possibly thousands on the list is still online . this pre - existing address list of possibly working peers must therefore remain valid for as long as possible .
this is not really a tailor made bit torrent client for ubuntu gnome . ktorrent is a kde application and it looks complete out of place in a gnome desktop . but apart from that , from a functionality point of view , ktorrent is a more than adequate torrent client of ubuntu .
stevenlord ; actually , i would have to disagree on the basis that bittorrent technologies are implimented into many online mmos nowadays to distribute updates ( ahem * world of warcraft ) so by that measure i ' d say use of bit torrent technologies are roughly on par with quasi - legal and illegal usage . this was a big deal some years back as isps were getting railed with average - mcuser complaints about their isp blocking the technologies on the basis of their parent companies thinking exactly how you do , as in
omg bittorrent is pirating technology we must stop it now !
and had to face the tune of nearly 20million subscribers across those isps pummeling their customer service lines with complaints about how their legitimately paid - for service is being screwed up by paranoid isps and their parent companies .
how long has utp been in utorrent ? i ' m seeing utp connections to both utorrent 1 . 8 . 1 and bittorrent 6 . 1 . 1 . which means that the announcement is wrong .