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by zaik 1356 days ago
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.
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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.
I can't think of any way to solve this problem if a majority of clients in a swarm is malicious.
The swarm eventually gets abandoned as new users can't reach 100% completion?