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by brokenmachine 1399 days ago
A torrent file only contains a hash checksum of the data and a tracker url (basically a "link" to the tracker). A magnet has the same hash but uses the DHT to find seeders while a torrent file looks for seeders connected to the tracker.

Personally I don't see that as being materially different to a magnet link.

The only difference is the DHT is acting like a kind of super-tracker.