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I needed to get a 100+ gb image to a coworker remote once and after fighting with it for a while we just said screw it and created a torrent. No third parties. No relays. Just us.

Worked well enough then we promptly forgot how to do it again when we needed it.

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I've done this with friends/family a couple times and wrote up a tutorial that I use as reference every couple months.

Has an optional step to password-protect the contents if you have any qualms with security-by-obscurity of using an unlisted torrent on a public tracker.

https://loganhood.com/2023/12/14/everyday-7zip-bittorrent

I've run into the same problem: if you want to share large files to a friend you need to either find a filehost that accepts very large files or use torrents (maybe something like irc transfer works too).

IRC transfer? I hope you are not referring to DCC. :P

I am

IRC transfer being some form of InfraRed Communication.

And DCC being Direct Cable Connection.

??

File transfers on IRC are via DCC[1] (Direct Client-to-Client Protocol)

S/He did reply "I am" though.

That said, I think torrents are still a great way to share files, perhaps IPFS[2]. I use LocalSend[3], too, at times, although not for large files.

[1] https://modern.ircdocs.horse/dcc.html

[2] https://ipfs.tech/

[3] https://localsend.org

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