I do use BitTorrent, but it’s never going to beat the convenience of just searching for a file and getting it when p2p networks first came out.
For niche stuff like 1930s movies sometimes I need to start a few torrents to make sure at least one of them has seeds.
I have had success with soulseek for music, but what do you guys use for other types of files?
I’ve given up on p2p. Too much risk and threatening letters from my ISP.
I made the switch to Usenet and private NZB trackers years ago and it has been great. Sometimes it may take a while to locate more obscure stuff, but eventually things show up. Even obscure made for tv movies from the early 1980s.
Usenet isn’t bad but for the same price I just ended up paying for a seedbox which is in a country that doesn’t care about a DMCA notice, is on a 50Gb connection and a beefy Linux server so it handles bittorrent easily and also serves the media via Jellyfin.
I do everything self-hosted with an unraid box and a decently sized array for my needs. Runs Plex, Radarr, Sonarr, and SABnzb along with a bunch of other stuff. Works perfect for my needs. It just hums along and costs me like $10/month USD
How much storage/bandwidth do you get for $10/mo? I’m getting 8TB storage, 20TB bandwidth and unmetered Jellyfin for ~$35. It’s a managed host but I can handle an unmanaged host if it’s cheaper.
PTP and BTN are good for movies and TV. BHD and BLU can fill in the gaps. I don’t think it’s worth it to pirate music or software.
P2P is great because when I’m using qBittorrent I can see all the suckers who are still using utorrent lol
BitTorrent, ed2k/kad, Usenet, IPFS
libgen has IPFS. z-library also has an IPFS mirror. Basically it is no different from other networks, you obtain the identifier, add it to the client, and wait. You can also retrieve the content via web gateways. It may take a few F5 but it will work as long as there is one seeder in the open sea.
I recently started using All Debrid but been using RPnet for years with no issues then look for the links in Forums or get the torrent links from different sites and upload the links to RPnet for them to get the content and when they’re ready for me to download I just get from their site.
