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		leppr on Jan 15, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: It’s not still the early days of blockchain It's not a bad analogy. Torrents have more cumbersome UX and are less data efficients than direct downloads, yet they are widely used for some types of applications.

xchaotic on Jan 15, 2022 [–]

How is a torrent less efficient in data transfer? Do you mean protocol overhead?

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