Ask a Pirate: What p2p networks do you use in 2023?
I do use BitTorrent, but it's never going to beat the convenience of just searching for a file and getting it when p2p networks first came out.
For niche stuff like 1930s movies sometimes I need to start a few torrents to make sure at least one of them has seeds.
I have had success with soulseek for music, but what do you guys use for other types of files?
P2P is great because when I’m using qBittorrent I can see all the suckers who are still using utorrent lol
On my Windows PC, I still use utorrent 2.2.1
Stop it
Just on your niche stuff like 1930s movies, have you checked Internet Archive? I’ve been surprised at some of the stuff I’ve found.
Yeah sometimes I’ll look everywhere else and it’ll be there. Has to be mostly pretty old stuff though.
soulseek, fopnu, emule, dc++. For old/rare content, emule is the best.
Wow, I haven't used the old school P2P programs in over a decade. I honestly didn't think they existed anymore for some reason.
They’re going hard still
Which client would one use for Emule nowadays?
for windows I recommend community version (November 2021). For Mac, aMule 2.3.3 (February 2021) and for GNU/Linux, mldonkey 3.1.7 (July 2020)
Any specific server you recommend? And is there anything on windows like mldonkey where you can search call the servers at once?
You could use the server list and IP filter from emule security.
Yeah, seriously, the most updated one for Linux had the last release a few years ago.
Synology's Download Station introduced me to emule. I don't think there's a more polished client for it than DS.
ive been experimenting with I2P with tracker2.postman.i2p
Is i2p just a privacy guard to torrent over? Or does it actually help one find content as well?
its an anonymizing tool like tor, but i2p supports bittorrent while tor does not. theirs also .i2p site like tor .onion sites. also i2p is peer to peer while tor is volunteer run with the tor project managing the network.
BitTorrent is alive and well lol, and some of the top tier private sites opened their doors this past year which has been a nice change.
Still open? Links?
BitTorrent, ed2k/kad, Usenet, IPFS
So then the next question is, how do you pirate from IPFS?
libgen has IPFS. z-library also has an IPFS mirror. Basically it is no different from other networks, you obtain the identifier, add it to the client, and wait. You can also retrieve the content via web gateways. It may take a few F5 but it will work as long as there is one seeder in the open sea.
usenet for bulk current media, occasionally torrents for niche stuff, but now that rarbg is gone I'm going to have to find a new tracker. I use a seedbox for most torrent activity these days as well, too risky with ISPs clamping down.
Once upon a time I used DC++ for things, but that was more than a decade ago and the last time I tried it all the severs seems to be in eastern eu countries and very shady. If anyone knows a good DC++ server I'd love to hear more.
How does one even use usenet today? Sorry for the dumb question. I just don't know where to start
I'd recommend to use a raspberry pi for an automated Usenet setup.
You'll need
Once set up, it's very comfortable and hassle free, it can grab new media from your fav lists, download when released and upgrade your files as soon as available, fully automated.
My preferred network is ed2k/kad, but for new things bittorrent and then seed to both networks through mldonkey.
I still miss Audiogalaxy and Songbird. The latter in particular helped me find so much awesome music. Nothing I've seen since comes close.
I'm missing Audiogalaxy too. Met so many people there who opened my ears.
I recently started using All Debrid but been using RPnet for years with no issues then look for the links in Forums or get the torrent links from different sites and upload the links to RPnet for them to get the content and when they're ready for me to download I just get from their site.
PTP and BTN are good for movies and TV. BHD and BLU can fill in the gaps. I don’t think it’s worth it to pirate music or software.
Software could have trojans. But why not music?
I've torrented for years, but i'm trying to diversify. Soulseek works perfectly except my VPN makes it hard for people to download from me, and i'm currently trying to get eMule community version to work but it's giving me a few bugs. So haven't had the best results so far