• The Pirate Bay, Now Without Torrents
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[release] Today marks the end of an era for The Pirate Bay. The largest torrent site on the Internet has just removed all popular torrent files and made the switch to magnet links. The Pirate Bay team believes the move is needed to make the site future proof, and is confident that it won’t cause much trouble among users. “Just click the red button instead of the green one and all will be fine,” they say. [IMG]http://torrentfreak.com/images/magnetbay.jpg[/IMG] As [URL="http://torrentfreak.com/the-pirate-bay-will-stop-serving-torrents-120112/"]announced[/URL] a few weeks ago, The Pirate Bay has now largely stopped serving torrents. Today, all torrent files being shared by more than 10 people have been replaced by so-called [URL="http://torrentfreak.com/bittorrents-future-dht-pex-and-magnet-links-explained-091120/"]magnet links[/URL]. This means that instead of downloading the .torrent files directly from a central server, they will be downloaded from other BitTorrent users instead. While a torrent-less Pirate Bay may sound like small disaster, in reality not much is going to change. “It shouldn’t make much of a difference for the average user. At most it will take a few more seconds before a torrent shows the size and files,” The Pirate Bay team told TorrentFreak today. “Just click the red button instead of the green one and all will be fine” Torrents that are only shared by a handful of people (<10 ) will remain available for now, to ensure that the files remain accessible. For magnet links to work at least one person in the swarm should have the complete .torrent file and a BitTorrent client that supports magnet links. "We put the 10 peer limit in just in case someone who created a torrent has an outdated client that doesn't support magnets. By now all common torrent clients support magnets," TorrentFreak was told. [IMG]http://torrentfreak.com/images/magnet-torrent.png[/IMG] The lack of support for magnets is one of the reasons why The Pirate Bay waited more than two years after first announcing that they wanted to remove all torrents. BitTorrent developers heard this call, and in the months that followed many improved or added support for magnet links. In addition, Pirate Bay users should make sure that they have [URL="http://torrentfreak.com/bittorrents-future-dht-pex-and-magnet-links-explained-091120/"]DHT and PEX[/URL] enabled in their clients. While the change doesn’t impact users much, external sites that rely on Pirate Bay torrents will have to implement a few changes. If they want to continue serving .torrent files the sites will have to fetch them from DHT. Also, hotlinks to .torrent files will stop working and will soon redirect to The Pirate Bay’s detail page for the files in question. The Pirate Bay team told TorrentFreak that the transition to a magnet site is necessary, as it makes the site more resistant to being shut down. It takes only a fraction of the resources that were previously needed. “The new site will be better protected from outside attacks. It uses less bandwidth, less servers, and can even run off a decent home connection,” The Pirate Bay team said. “It’s the future.” [/release] [url]http://torrentfreak.com/the-pirate-bay-dumps-torrents-120228/[/url]
I'd rather know what I'm downloading.
Didn't this happen with the majority of files a few weeks ago?
[QUOTE=Glitch360;34915202]Didn't this happen with the majority of files a few weeks ago?[/QUOTE] No, torrents remained until today.
Well that sucks, I liked having big archive torrents and picking out whatever files I wanted to get when I felt like getting them. If it's for their own protection though I guess it's fine then.
From my experience, downloading the magnet files themselves are far slower. The premise of them isn't bad, but it's still a pain.
[QUOTE='[Seed Eater];34915261']From my experience, downloading the magnet files themselves are far slower. The premise of them isn't bad, but it's still a pain.[/QUOTE] It takes longer time for it to start and they are slow at the beginning but after a while they speed up to normal speed. At Least for me
rip the pirate bay
[QUOTE='[Seed Eater];34915261']From my experience, downloading the magnet files themselves are far slower. The premise of them isn't bad, but it's still a pain.[/QUOTE] They seem slower then they start, but they go back to normal after a minute.
I loved being able to deselect files before they started. But I guess µTorrent will find a solution soon.
[QUOTE=Phycosymo;34915228]Well that sucks, I liked having big archive torrents and picking out whatever files I wanted to get when I felt like getting them. If it's for their own protection though I guess it's fine then.[/QUOTE] can't you do that through Vuze regardless of whether it's a magnet link or not?
[QUOTE=TheJoker;34915175]I'd rather know what I'm downloading.[/QUOTE] It tells you on the download page what you're downloading... Magnet links are far better anyway, they're cheaper for TPB and more "legal" for you.
It feels.....so wrong.
LIked .torrent files better. Magnet links lack certain useful elements to them.
[QUOTE=Programmer;34916097]It tells you on the download page what you're downloading... Magnet links are far better anyway, they're cheaper for TPB and more "legal" for you.[/QUOTE] [IMG]http://i2.lulzimg.com/5cdb5b94e2.png[/IMG] Besides the title and type please show me where it tells me what I'm downloading. For all I know it could be a huge collection of viruses. [highlight](User was banned for this post ("This has got to be blatant warez." - Seiteki))[/highlight]
[QUOTE=TheJoker;34916162][IMG]http://i2.lulzimg.com/5cdb5b94e2.png[/IMG] Besides the title and type please show me where it tells me what I'm downloading. For all I know it could be a huge collection of viruses.[/QUOTE] Just click the number next to Files:.
I don't even know how to make it work, it doesn't for me anyway...
[QUOTE=thisispain;34915819]can't you do that through Vuze regardless of whether it's a magnet link or not?[/QUOTE] I dunno about Vuze but with uTorrent if you open a torrent file it shows you whats in the torrent first and you can deslect things you dont want, with magnet links it just starts and you have to stop stuff from downloading.
Only download from trusted uploaders if you're scared, and always read the comments, you're usually never the first guy and if it is bad they'll let everyone know the second they realize.
magnet links don't work on my nightly installation for some reason, gotta use chrome (my backup) for that
i don't even know how to partial seed using magnet links
apparently it downloads a torrent file anyway: [url]http://www.ghacks.net/2012/01/14/how-to-turn-a-magnet-link-into-a-torrent-file/[/url]
With magnet links, Once the download starts in utorrent you can go to the files tab and right click items and select "Don't Download"
[QUOTE=AGMadsAG;34915716]I loved being able to deselect files before they started. But I guess µTorrent will find a solution soon.[/QUOTE] I'm pretty sure I downloaded a magnet link a few weeks ago with uTorrent and I was able to select which files I wanted. Ah, I remember now, what the above user said :v:
[QUOTE=Fake-XM;34916999]apparently it downloads a torrent file anyway: [url]http://www.ghacks.net/2012/01/14/how-to-turn-a-magnet-link-into-a-torrent-file/[/url][/QUOTE] It builds a torrent file from the information. A magnet link just contains the basic information your client needs to start the download, but no metadata to say what files there are or anything; that is collected shortly after you start it.
I wonder how this will affect legal issues. Torrent files gave some permanence and direct connection to the site, this makes them far more of a router. No doubt there will be some legal gymnastics but this is a big step in decentralisation.
ive never downloaded anything dodgy from pirate bay so i have no problems with this
Kickasstorrents was better for movies anyways.
You may want to snip that bro.
I've been doing this for years.
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