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		eatbitseveryday 11 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Show HN: I wrote a new BitTorrent tracker in Elixi... Trackers are not relics - they're used exclusively in private tracker websites. Public-access torrents would more commonly use DHT and PEX for discovery.

dewey 11 months ago | [–]

But also private trackers are far from popular these days. Even if I’m a heavy user, but I know it’s a niche.

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