The completely anonymous, built-in torrents in I2P are hugely undervalued. I expected that every big torrent tracker would set up a mirror in I2P in order to allow their users to stay anonymous. I don't understand why they don't do it.
Private trackers probably wouldn't want to do that because it probably would mess with the largely IP-based seed ratio requirements which most private trackers have.
What are you talking about? Torrent servers in I2P don't store files either.
> largely IP-based seed ratio requirements
I thought it was largely account-based, not IP-based.
Running I2P would require more storage than the status quo of not running it. They usually store torrents and or magnet links, not the files themselves. I don’t know how much overhead running I2P would be over and above running a tracker also?
> I thought it was largely account-based, not IP-based.
Yes, those are not mutually exclusive. You have an account and the tracker binds the IP that downloads the torrent to a cookie or to a unique tracker announce url.
I don't think it's significant. You might confuse I2P with Hyphanet (formerly Freenet), which is dedicated to anonymous storage.
> I don’t know how much overhead running I2P would be over and above running a tracker also?
The overhead will depend on whether you want to keep your tracker's IP hidden. If not, it should be minimal AFAIK.
> Torrents.csv is a collaborative git repository of torrents, consisting of a single, searchable torrents.csv file. Its initially populated with a January 2017 backup of the pirate bay, and new torrents are periodically added from various torrents sites. It comes with a self-hostable webserver, a command line search, and a folder scanner to add torrents.
Do you know of any other interesting projects that involve p2p/torrents/debrid/i2p/tor or adjacent things like dht/freenet/willow/veilid?
Here’s some interesting debrid stuff I found that may be of interest to you or others.