Steam & Blizzard (probably others) used to delivery games through torrent protocol in the past, before CDNs became cheaper.When StarCraft 2 was lauched, the installer (before Battle.net installer crapware) had a complete graphical visualization of seeders & leechers.Reference: <a href="https://warcraft.wiki.gg/wiki/Blizzard_Downloader" rel="nofollow">https://warcraft.wiki.gg/wiki/Blizzard_Downloader
I've worked at trading firms where the "reference data master" file is usually a big json or equivalent.To get the file out to 100s or 1000s of machine they would often use private bittorent to distribute the file out.
Same here. Inspired by both, I used to delivery videos over torrent to in door machines since at that time, there's no CDNs (or it was difficult to get one).
mococa · · focus · HN ↗
When StarCraft 2 was lauched, the installer (before Battle.net installer crapware) had a complete graphical visualization of seeders & leechers.
Reference: <a href="https://warcraft.wiki.gg/wiki/Blizzard_Downloader" rel="nofollow">https://warcraft.wiki.gg/wiki/Blizzard_Downloader
alexpotato · · focus · HN ↗
To get the file out to 100s or 1000s of machine they would often use private bittorent to distribute the file out.
mococa · · focus · HN ↗