How torrents are created

One MakeUseOf reader – Tilman Bauer – recently asked about the recommended method to send a 350MB file to 200 people for free. Among the many alternatives given in the answers, there was a suggestion of using the Torrent protocol to share the file.

Almost everybody knows about and uses Torrent, but not everybody “really uses” torrent. On one hand, Torrent has become a very popular alternative for file downloads. While on the other hand, the number of people who create and publish torrents are very small compared to the number of people who do the downloading. The majority of people are still not familiar with using Torrent as a method to share their own files.

While there are advantages and disadvantages to the method, I think this is a topic worth exploring.

How to Create a Torrent File

The following process is created using Transmission for Mac, but the method is also available under other OSes and using other major torrent clients.Transmission, The Lightweight BitTorrent ClientTransmission, The Lightweight BitTorrent ClientREAD MORE

Here are the necessary steps to create a Torrent.

After opening Transmission, the first thing that you should do is to click on the “Create” button, or go to “File – Create New Torrent File” menu (Command + N) …

….Or something similar in another client. For example, the menu in uTorrent is “Create New Torrent” (Ctrl + N).

Then browse to the location of the file(s) that you want to share. Highlight the file(s) and click the “Select” button.

The next step is to customize the torrent settings. Start by adding trackers to the torrent, continue with the comment field, the “Private” option checkbox, and the “Create” button.

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