[netheril96]

It’s quite easy to block Xunlei. First, they identify themselves in the connection. Second, no matter how much you upload to them, they always report zero progress.

The maintainers reject the proposal to block by client ID. But they never consider the second method.

[zaik]

Both methods can be circumvented quite easily and it will happen, if Transmission were to implement this. It's a cat and mouse game you can't win.

[netheril96]

Ad blocking is a cat and mouse game. Anti censorship is a cat and mouse game. Anti fraud is a cat and mouse game. Anti spam is a cat and mouse game. I don’t see people giving up so easily on those problems.

[zaik]

I can't think of any way to solve this problem if a majority of clients in a swarm is malicious.

[sounds]

The swarm eventually gets abandoned as new users can't reach 100% completion?