what is ed2k
eDonkey network. The eDonkey Network (also known as the eDonkey2000 network or eD2k) is a decentralized, mostly server-based, peer-to-peer file sharing network created in 2000 by US developers Jed McCaleb and Sam Yagan[1][2][3] that is best suited to share big files among users, and to provide long term availability of files.