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BitTorrent Is Now Part of TRON

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Re: BitTorrent Is Now Part of TRON

#41

In case anyone is still using the ad-plagued bitorrent.com client: https://transmissionbt.com Lots of features, easy to use.

Take a look at WebTorrent Desktop, which supports instant streaming. Disclosure: I'm the author ;)

https://webtorrent.io/desktop/

Simple, straightforward torrent app.

Re: BitTorrent Is Now Part of TRON

#42

getting JUSTed now means getting scammed... it comes from the Tron founder Justin Sun [1]. All he does is announce partnerships, real or fake (basically all fake up until this point), to pump his coin and quickly sell it off. Looks like this is one of the few real "partnerships" because everyone has caught on by now. He's also plagiarized mostly everything, code, whitepaper... 1. https://twitter.com/justinsuntron?ref…

no, it comes from "just fuck my shit up": https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/brendan-frasers-alimony-just-...

Re: BitTorrent Is Now Part of TRON

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post #3

(IMO) TRON fails to distinguish itself from other decentralized storage blockchain tokens/coins. This move is a clever circular reasoning where taking their hype-driven valuation and using it to invest in a company that will give TRON more credibility. Can HN help me understand why TRON is better than the sea of competition (Sia/Filecoin/Storj/Maidsafe/etc)? EDIT: corrected 'syllogism'

TRON has one thing going for it - its name evokes a well known movie. That's literally it

I am probably super wierd for this but my immediate thought was https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TRON_project

Re: BitTorrent Is Now Part of TRON

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I gave a talk on cryptocurrencies a few weeks back and used Bittorrent as one of several examples of non-blockchain software/protocols that solve an important technological problem and don't require a blockchain. Then I get home and read the news: "Bittorrent: Now with Blockchain!!!" Didn't some futurist warn about the threat of a sophisticated physical replication process getting out of control and turning everythin…

The token use case for BitTorrent is so obvious, however, that this seems more like BitTorrent using Tron’s ICO money to make their own coin. The chances of them integrating all the other Tron BS is essentially zero.

Re: BitTorrent Is Now Part of TRON

#45

TRON is a rip off of IPFS, and everybody knows that (Source, in case you forgot: https://twitter.com/juanbenet/status/950142785373405184 ) I mean, the homepage ( http://tron.network ) has a giant face of the "Founder" / "CEO" of the company... Glorious. I am dropping my 50 cents here: I would not look at it as if Tron bought BitTorrent... I think it was the other way around: BitTorrent was financially known to not be…

TRON is a dpos blockchain with a port of the ethereum virtual machine. Not sure where you get the IPFS part from.

Re: BitTorrent Is Now Part of TRON

#46

In case anyone is still using the ad-plagued bitorrent.com client: https://transmissionbt.com Lots of features, easy to use.

uTorrent 2.x for lyfe.

Can be easily found on various mirror sites - just gotta be sure to never, ever, let it update beyond 2.2.1.

Re: BitTorrent Is Now Part of TRON

#47
post #41

In case anyone is still using the ad-plagued bitorrent.com client: https://transmissionbt.com Lots of features, easy to use.

Take a look at WebTorrent Desktop, which supports instant streaming. Disclosure: I'm the author ;) https://webtorrent.io/desktop/ Simple, straightforward torrent app.

Webtorrent Desktop user here... thanks for your work!

Re: BitTorrent Is Now Part of TRON

#48

TRON is a rip off of IPFS, and everybody knows that (Source, in case you forgot: https://twitter.com/juanbenet/status/950142785373405184 ) I mean, the homepage ( http://tron.network ) has a giant face of the "Founder" / "CEO" of the company... Glorious. I am dropping my 50 cents here: I would not look at it as if Tron bought BitTorrent... I think it was the other way around: BitTorrent was financially known to not be…

I am not a TRON fan or investor but you have done some fine mental gymnastics there. They did bought BitTorrent. Source and legitimacy of their funds are questionable

Re: BitTorrent Is Now Part of TRON

#49

TRON is a rip off of IPFS, and everybody knows that (Source, in case you forgot: https://twitter.com/juanbenet/status/950142785373405184 ) I mean, the homepage ( http://tron.network ) has a giant face of the "Founder" / "CEO" of the company... Glorious. I am dropping my 50 cents here: I would not look at it as if Tron bought BitTorrent... I think it was the other way around: BitTorrent was financially known to not be…

Some argue that IPFS is a rip off of BitTorrent, and thus, the circle is complete: BT -> IPFS -> TRON -> BT

Re: BitTorrent Is Now Part of TRON

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post #41

In case anyone is still using the ad-plagued bitorrent.com client: https://transmissionbt.com Lots of features, easy to use.

Take a look at WebTorrent Desktop, which supports instant streaming. Disclosure: I'm the author ;) https://webtorrent.io/desktop/ Simple, straightforward torrent app.

This is my go to torrent client. Simply delightful to use and very nice UI. Also the tech on webtorrent.io is awesome and not to be overlooked, thank you so much for making it!
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