Webtorrent works differently that Bittorrent. Distribution is downloading in this ...

2026-07-26 22:29:25 UTC

Webtorrent works differently that Bittorrent. Distribution is downloading in this case but it's not persistent like a traditional torrent file. While the video is being played it is distributed to others in a peer swarm. The CDN hosted file is used as an initial boot strap sed called the "webseed" and the peer network spreads it from there. 👍

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2026-07-26 22:29:25 UTC

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