BitTorrent is a peer-to-peer file sharing protocol used to distribute large amounts of data. BitTorrent is one of the most common protocols for transferring large files, and by some estimates it accounts for about 35% of all traffic on the entire Internet. The initial distributor of the complete file or collection acts as the first seed. Each peer who downloads the data also uploads it to other peers, even after they have dismounted the original seed. Because of this, BitTorrent is extremely efficient. One seed is needed to begin spreading files between many users (peers). The addition of more seeds increases the likelihood of a successful connection exponentially.
Now that you have learned a little about BitTorrent, let’s get down to business.
Now that you have a BitTorrent client, it’s time to get a ‘.torrent’ file. We can use popular BitTorrent search engines (a.k.a. tracker) like isoHunt and The Pirate Bay to get what we want. As an example, let’s go to isoHunt and download the short movie Elephants Dream:
Suppose you like to get the first search result, just click on it to go to its download page.
Click on ‘Download .torrent’ then open it with Transmission.
You can set the destination folder or just use the default and click on ‘Add’. After that, the download will start…
The more peers or seeders you have, the faster the download. If the download is interrupted, it can be resumed anytime.