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by IsTom 494 days ago
You can download and share only selected parts of a torrent. With enough people you're going to get full coverage anyway.
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Assuming that people randomly select the portions.
how do you coordinate who downloads which part?
Torrents track availability of pieces, you can seed ones with least availability if you want that.
Potential attack vector: seed excessive copied of a portion from many sock-puppets. Wait for non-sock-puppet seeds to dwindle. All the existing copies are now under your control.