BitTorrent Project WebTorrent Taps Bitcoin And Blockchain
Bitcoin and blockchain technology may be among the more obvious tools of evolving Internet decentralization, but BitTorrent, peer-to-peer file sharing, also portends major changes for commerce and industry. Because bitcoin and blockchain technology use peer-to-peer protocols, they are often deployed in BitTorrent projects. Direct File Sharing. WebTorrent, a streaming BitTorrent client for the browser, powered by WebRTC (web real-time communication), allows users to share files directly from their browser, without having to install or configure anything. “WebTorrent is just like BitTorrent,....
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