The Pirate Bay has completed its shift to using Magnet links rather than .torrent files, a move that will make it more difficult to see who has downloaded files using the site. The site introduced ...
If the SHA1 hash for the downloaded chunk doesn't match the SHA1 hash included in the torrent file, the downloaded data is discarded. On top of these, the torrent files themselves have a SHA1 hash, ...
If you’ve heard about Pirate Bay changing its format from tracker to magnet links, DHT & PEX but, like me, didn’t know the technology behind or how magnet links worked, don’t worry because the crew at ...