113 | BitTorrent — Decentralized File Sharing

2025-09-30

BitTorrent — Decentralized File Sharing

Introduction

In this series on file transfer protocols, we’ve already looked at centralized solutions — S3, WebDAV, Rsync. But there’s a fundamentally different approach — BitTorrent, a decentralized P2P protocol that enables efficient distribution of large files among many users.

BitTorrent became popular thanks to its speed and resilience, especially when working with large volumes of data.

What is BitTorrent?

BitTorrent is a P2P protocol created by Bram Cohen in 2001.