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Re: Rarbg Is No More

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Post by fallat »

Solvency wrote: post #179
maeln wrote: post #152

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There is many search engine that use the DHT to retrieve the metadata and share torrent via the magnet. The main issue here is not the tech, it's the trust and discoverability/curating and also not spreading the seeding capabilities. When downloading from "reputable torrent tracker XYZ" you can trust the quality of the torrent, that it is virus free, etc ... It is also usually make searching for particular torrent ea…

This makes sense but...I'm being fully serious and earnest here and revealing my own naïveté: Couldn't some form of blockchain work here? Like couldn't some form of distributed/democratized community curation and moderation happen by using the blockchain to manage the arbitration of new torrents (and their successors, like when the community decides New Random Anime X encoding to be a superior copy)? Plus you have pr…

Cryptocurrency could be used here to both decentralize and incentivize such a system. I think a major hurdle would be the fact torrents have been "free" since their inception. PoS is irrelevant here - it's a mechanism that lives "higher up" to protect the entire cryptocurrency ecosystem. Then there's also the social issues and useability issues that plague the space.

My best guess is most bittorrent enthusiasts (and myself) would like to see a more natural solution to the decentralization problem. "Natural" being incentives which arise around sharing / not sharing and similar, vs straight up money incentives.

A reputation system could work but again, Sybil attacks could happen. So some how the network needs to figure out a way to make certain actions more expensive in the large.

Re: Rarbg Is No More

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Post by throw74775 »

unnouinceput wrote: post #156
m4r1k wrote: post #92

Probably the largest blow to the torrent sharing community since The Pirate Bay got shut down. The impact of content availability will be noticeable for years to come

1 - Pirate bay still exists and is very much alive. 2 - Rarbg was a margin note in torrent community. There are others very much alive and better.

Better? Which ones?

Re: Rarbg Is No More

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Post by dmix »

feyes wrote: post #47

That's pretty devastating. This was old reliable for a long time. I could never keep up with the demands from private trackers as streaming made it so I didn't need to utilize them as much.

Are there any private torrent sites for movies/tv that you can buy your way in without needing a seedbox?

Re: Rarbg Is No More

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Post by tawayasdf »

CoBE10 wrote: post #87

I guess mirrors would stay unaffected, because they seem to be up right now. Someone will probably clone their torrents. They might not have been the best quality, but they were always better than YIFI (YTS). I always liked that you could search Rarbg using IMDB numbers. Also, their UI was really pleasing to me, plus, there were many userscripts that extended the functionality of the site. I wounder who will fill up…

what is the de-facto alternative these days?

Re: Rarbg Is No More

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Post by notpushkin »

b215826 wrote: post #130
SSLy wrote: post #106

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I recommend registering on some usenet indexer instead.

Usenet is good for mainstream/relatively new content, but it's not easy to find less popular/old stuff there.

My experience has been opposite, actually. A couple times I got content from Usenet when all torrents I could find were already dead. (Usually I then seed those torrents, if the files from Usenet match)

Re: Rarbg Is No More

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Post by abwizz »

tawayasdf wrote: post #214
makach wrote: post #210

Earlier quoted context omitted.

One Man's Death Is Another Man's Bread

>> One Man's Death Is Another Man's Bread Who's bread is it? Most of the classic bt sites seem to have gone away from what I could see. Sad to see rarbg go.

the "younger generation" (>2k) aren't used to the open net, they grew into moderated groups (fb), hence i suspect there is a massive number of hidden/private trackers

Re: Rarbg Is No More

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Post by thatguy0900 »

abwizz wrote: post #227
tawayasdf wrote: post #214

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>> One Man's Death Is Another Man's Bread Who's bread is it? Most of the classic bt sites seem to have gone away from what I could see. Sad to see rarbg go.

the "younger generation" (>2k) aren't used to the open net, they grew into moderated groups (fb), hence i suspect there is a massive number of hidden/private trackers

I think the younger generation just uses streaming sites. FMovies and 9anime work fine. I don't know anyone who torrents shows or movies now.

Re: Rarbg Is No More

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Post by pessimizer »

SamuelAdams wrote: post #117
MeltdownSpectre wrote: post #101

Really sad to hear this. I basically built my entire Plex server with RARBG. Anyone have any solid private tracker recommendations for movies and TV shows? After taking advantage of public trackers like RARBG, I feel like it's my time to give back.

The problem with private trackers isn’t availability, it’s getting in the door. You typically need to grind for 3-6 months on newer private trackers before you can get an invite to more well-established trackers. Unless you know someone already on the tracker and they are willing to vouch for you. If you want a list head over to /r/trackers and use the search function.

They were hard to get into 20 years ago, and from what I hear it seems to be nearly impossible now. Seems like they've protected themselves by staying small and not inviting strangers. I know some haven't distributed invites to general members (in good standing) for years.

Re: Rarbg Is No More

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Post by Xen9 »

Solvency wrote: post #179
maeln wrote: post #152

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There is many search engine that use the DHT to retrieve the metadata and share torrent via the magnet. The main issue here is not the tech, it's the trust and discoverability/curating and also not spreading the seeding capabilities. When downloading from "reputable torrent tracker XYZ" you can trust the quality of the torrent, that it is virus free, etc ... It is also usually make searching for particular torrent ea…

This makes sense but...I'm being fully serious and earnest here and revealing my own naïveté: Couldn't some form of blockchain work here? Like couldn't some form of distributed/democratized community curation and moderation happen by using the blockchain to manage the arbitration of new torrents (and their successors, like when the community decides New Random Anime X encoding to be a superior copy)? Plus you have pr…

Freenet works this way. I would replace all torrents with Freenet(s) but the technology seems to be too obscure to be comfortable for large audiences.
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