Subtitle: Bridging HTTP and P2P Paradigms Through Just-in-Time Swarm Generation

Date: October 26, 2023 Type: Technical Analysis / Digital Anthropology

The holy grail of experimental torrenting is Erasure Coding. Standard torrents fail if you lose specific pieces. Experimental BurnBit could generate a torrent where you only need 70 out of 100 pieces to reconstruct 100% of the data (similar to ZFS or RAID).

HTTP servers frequently change files without changing the URL (e.g., updating a software version). In BitTorrent, changing a single


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  1. Burnbit Experimental

    Subtitle: Bridging HTTP and P2P Paradigms Through Just-in-Time Swarm Generation

    Date: October 26, 2023 Type: Technical Analysis / Digital Anthropology burnbit experimental

    The holy grail of experimental torrenting is Erasure Coding. Standard torrents fail if you lose specific pieces. Experimental BurnBit could generate a torrent where you only need 70 out of 100 pieces to reconstruct 100% of the data (similar to ZFS or RAID). updating a software version). In BitTorrent

    HTTP servers frequently change files without changing the URL (e.g., updating a software version). In BitTorrent, changing a single changing a single


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