Re: How much latency do you add to torrents?

D. Ray <d@ray> Mon, 09 Dec 24 07:03:22 UTC

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Oliver <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Sat, 7 Dec 2024 21:51:47 +0100, D <[email protected]> wrote 
> 
>>>> Saving magnet links takes me under a second. Too quick to notice.
> 
> That's not what I had meant by latency. 
> Copying & pasting a magnet link takes milliseconds at most.
> Then you wait.
> And you wait.
> And you wait some more.
> 
> That's called "latency".
> 
> You add random latency to the time BETWEEN when you grabbed the magnet.
> And the time you employed that magnet link inside a bit torrent client.
> 
> Of course, you change your IP address between those two times also.

Why though? Grab a magnet and download it using same IP.