Seeding bitcoin core 23.0 torrent
441 sats \ 5 comments \ @sandbeach123old 7 Oct 2022 bitcoin
As a node operator, I just started a torrent client and downloaded the torrent magnet from bitcoincore.org. I want to be a permanent seeder for the software.
However, I noticed that my during download the client showed only 20 seeders. My questions are: Are there only 20 seeders for the bitcoin software in torrent? Or something in that order? Seems really low IMHO. Does it make sense to permanently keep my torrent client seeding the bitcoin core software? I mean, does it help for decentralization?
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44 sats \ 1 reply \ @2big2fail 7 Oct 2022
torrents are also a much safer means of downloading as the file cannot be changed as it is distributed and so although the original torrent could be malware-- the longer it is seeded without issues and individually validated prior to install the safer it is as a file source
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @sandbeach123old OP 7 Oct 2022
I did not know that. So it is good to support the torrent. Thanks!
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20 sats \ 0 replies \ @kristapsk 7 Oct 2022
I seed it from time to time, when torrent client is open on my laptop, not 24x7.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @duvel 23 May 2023
What is the magnet link? Are more people doing this?
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @alpacachino 7 Oct 2022
Good stuff !
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