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Mahdi
11-19-2009, 17:36
word on the street is The Pirate Bay may be shutting down permanently in an undisclosed amount of time

The Pirate Bay Tracker Shuts Down For Good (http://torrentfreak.com/the-pirate-bay-tracker-shuts-down-for-good-091117/)

Discuss
Vortex
11-20-2009, 02:22
Do it!
MAGGIO
11-20-2009, 08:16
i use ISO hunt...dont ask me why
Vortex
11-20-2009, 08:26
How come?
nosejam
11-20-2009, 09:07
i use ISO hunt...dont ask me why

Same, always preferred the layout
MAGGIO
11-20-2009, 09:46
How come?

ok ok, i knew before, but didnt want to admit I am a noob.
Max Logan
11-20-2009, 11:47
Iso Hunts very much follows the same peers as Pirate Bay and Torrent Reactor

So no big diff

Iso Hunt just appears more faster via browsing
Mahdi
11-20-2009, 11:54
I personally prefer the layout of Pirate Bay, and will be sad to see it go as it is the first place I go for torrents usually followed by Demonoid
youngwebsolutions
11-29-2009, 08:32
It's just the tracker that is down...

And the good news is: you don't need the tracker anymore
Just turn on the DHT option, and you can download without a tracking server!

have fun!
doppy
11-29-2009, 11:03
Not just Pirate bay, it's kinda sad to see Mininova shutting down its torrents too. I liked their layout :huh:
swede7
11-29-2009, 23:59
It's just the tracker that is down...

And the good news is: you don't need the tracker anymore
Just turn on the DHT option, and you can download without a tracking server!

have fun!

What is the DHT option? I use utorrent and I normally just click stuff from pirate bay and it goes. Can you explain a little more?
Mahdi
11-30-2009, 01:41
DHT
Using DHT instead of trackers is one of the things The Pirate Bay is now trying to encourage, and torrent downloads that rely solely on this technology are often referred to as "trackerless torrents." DHT is used to find the IP addresses of peers, mostly in addition to a tracker. It is enabled by default in clients such as uTorrent and Vuze and millions of people are already using it without knowing.

DHT's function is to find peers who are downloading the same files, but without communicating with a central BitTorrent tracker such as that previously operated by The Pirate Bay.

DHT is by no means a new technology. A version debuted in the BitTorrent client Azureus in May 2005 and an alternative but incompatible version was added to Mainline BitTorrent a month later. There is, however, a plugin available for Azureus Vuze which allows it access to the Mainline DHT network used by uTorrent and other clients

DHT Explained
swede7
12-02-2009, 08:55
Thanks. So to find the torrents i want I can still go to the site but this is just a different way of downloading them.
Warl0rd
12-02-2009, 09:54
exactly
Max Logan
12-03-2009, 17:09
So explain, how to use it! I`m no computer wiz...so... :p