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by toomuchtodo 4213 days ago
Could the magnet links be served as a torrent?
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(If I understand your question correctly,) sure, but it would instantly be outdated, because you can't include the torrent you just created.
Possible a magnet to the magnet bundle?
yes, but because the magnet link is a hash of the content it is only ever a snapshot of the magnet bundle.
So version the magnet link (similar to git) and always serve the latest magnet link via a DNS TXT record.
where does the version control repo live?
Excellent point. I'll continue to think on this!
It might be that a blockchain is the way to go.

Bitcoin lets you store 80 bytes with each transaction. Maybe that isn't enough for a magnet link and description, but you could use multiple transactions. Maybe there is more optimal blockchain design though.

Ideally you'd want a way of validating the content as well.