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Resurrecting a dead torrent tracker and finding 3M peers

(kianbradley.com)
655 points k-ian | 4 comments | 17 Jun 25 17:40 UTC | HN request time: 0.325s | source
1. WithinReason ◴[17 Jun 25 18:45 UTC] No.44302434[source]▶
Can you do this to create a database of torrents for a torrent search engine?
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2. sweeter ◴[17 Jun 25 19:24 UTC] No.44302882[source]▶
You don't even have to go that far, you can just use torsniff. But be aware there is a lot of nsfw material and potentially illegal material for all I know.
3. thunderfork ◴[17 Jun 25 19:24 UTC] No.44302886[source]▶
Easier to just trawl the DHT, like btdigg
4. DaSHacka ◴[17 Jun 25 23:45 UTC] No.44305189[source]▶
There are existing services like btdig that do this via DHT, I believe.