BitTorrent Publishing Overview

Using BitTorrent technologies to distribute files is at first a little more difficult than most other file sharing processes. It is a good idea to understand some of the basic principles before you start off.

The basic process goes some thing like this.

1. Choose a file to share

Say you have a file (or directory) you wish to share with others. Let's use the example of an audio file :

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2. Make a torrent file

When you have a file and wish to share it with a Bittorrent network you first need to make a Torrent file. A torrent file is a text file that contains information about the file you wish to share. You make a torrent file with a BitTorrent client (software) :

3. Upload the torrent to a tracker

Next... you will need to upload this torrent to a torrent tracker. This is a server on the internet that stores torrents :

4. Seed the file

Next you must 'seed' the file. This means that you make it available for people to download. You do this by opening the torrent you made with BitTorrent client software.

Thats pretty much it!