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by voltagex_ 3866 days ago
>Please, this client is broken and needs fixing

Good thing it's open source then.

They interact with each other because of BEPs. This client is a prototype and if it's successful you'll have a whole new source of peers.

And before PeX was a BEP, before Vuze had a Mainline DHT plugin, it didn't interact with some clients either. Hell, even DHT [1] had to go through the same BEP process. Do you expect all software to start out complete?

1: http://www.bittorrent.org/beps/bep_0005.html
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MichaelGG 3866 days ago
By that logic though you can say anything is BitTorrent if it gets a BEP. IPX/SPX networking only? No problem, just needs a BEP! ;) You must admit it's certainly different to start off with a completely incompatible client, vs just a new feature. (I do wish WebTorrent well though.)

Do you have any insight into the BT dev community as to whether WebTorrent is likely to be picked up in other clients?

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voltagex_ 3866 days ago
Well yeah, someone could propose IPX/SPX but it'd be unlikely to to get picked up.

I have no special insight but I think this is a really cool idea. What I do know is if they don't put up a BEP then it won't go anywhere.

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J_Darnley 3866 days ago
> Do you expect all software to start out complete?

No. I would expect a new torrent client to start with tracker announces and then peer communication.

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