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by psz 4650 days ago
platform.twitter.com is hosted at Amazon S3 (via an additional CDN).

All S3 files by default can be distributed with torrent, if the URL is appended with ?torrent

S3 servers will act as a tracker and seeds.
2 comments
gingerjoos 4649 days ago
Relevent FAQ from Amazon S3 FAQ page : http://aws.amazon.com/s3/faqs/#What_is_the_BitTorrent_TM_pro...
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untog 4649 days ago
Wow, that's amazing. I had no idea Amazon offered that.

I also have no idea when I'll ever use it, but still. Damn cool.

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toomuchtodo 4649 days ago
Not only can S3 serve the file as a torrent, if you provide it as a torrent link and have disabled read access to the file, S3 will still serve as the tracker as long as other peers in the swarm have a full copy of the file to serve.
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jonaldomo 4649 days ago
Please upvote this to get it to the top.
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vdaniuk 4649 days ago
That is a cool feature, actually.
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