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.
I've seen this used for distributing container images in networks with awkward network topologies (e.g. a lot of bandwidth within a site or sub-site but limited bandwidth to central registries)
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.
ehe78qhe · · focus · HN ↗