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> And as far as centralization, you've got a Pareto distribution, no network topology can change that.

Explain for the more obtuse among us?

The majority of seeding/downloading will be done with the (minority) most popular files, while only a minority of seeding/downloading is done for the majority of files.

For example, go to TPB and look at the distribution of seeders/leechers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCn8zs912OE

Ahhhh of course! I wonder if there is a game-theoretically-sound way to smooth out the distribution. At first glance it seems not, because chunks (probably not using the right term for torrent file partitions) need to be addressable/discoverable. However, what if there was a way to couple “popular” chunks with slightly less popular chunks, such that seeding becomes some what more equitable for, say, the top 30-40% of files

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