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aMule 3.0.0 The 'alive again' version - Major aMule release in 5 years (amule-org.github.io)
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[–] 23 points 5 months ago (4 children)

I don't think is a private tracker per se, or at least most people don't use it like that. As most servers (all I know) and the Kad network is public.

As a protocol is worse in everyway that BitTorrent.

But it has been used for so long that the amount of antique media is amazing. It's my last resort for when I want to find something obscure that doesn't exist anywhere else.

Also sharing is really simple, and the integrated search makes easy to find stuff, rather than navigate a ton of trackers or try to set up embedded search in a BitTorrent client and have it fail half the time.

It also lacks any essential security features, it's just blind trust based in a filename unless you got the e2k link from a forum. So I wouldn't download an executable from there.

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  • [–] 9 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    As a protocol is worse in everyway that BitTorrent.

    No it is not. Please don't talk about shit you don't know. If anything it was too ahead of the time since the internet speeds available at the time were crap (for example compare the emule's 9MiB block with the original 512KiB from bittorrent), and also it was the first one to bring almost all the concepts that bittorrent uses.

    People complain about the lowid, but at the same time they want to run it without opening ports to external connections like they do for bittorrent. Fortunately there's already a emule mod (emuleai) that allows lowid to lowid. Hopefully amule will follow it soon.

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  • [–] 5 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    I'm not comparing old e2k with old BitTorrent. I'm comparing "modern" e2k with modern bittorrent.

    Its hashes use an outdated algorithm.

    Torrent files are more complete and reliable that e2k links.

    Speed is also way better on bittorrent nowadays, not only because the amount of peers, but because the protocol works just better coordinating multiple peers together.

    Also BitTorrent is better at avoiding cluster on your router. E2k peers will hit your router for apparently unknown reasons all the time even if you are not sharing anything.

    There's reasons why people moved away from it.

    For its time it was great, I agree. But bittorrent became the better p2p protocol over time.

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

    Its hashes use an outdated algorithm.

    It's good enough for file transfer. Two different files having the same MD4 hash does not mean their blocks will also match block-for-block for AICH. Matching block by block is not a trivial task. This is not done by a guy in a bedroom. If an actor has this capacity, and it's after you, then you should be concerned about other stuff than your downloads,

    Torrent files are more complete and reliable that e2k links.

    I have no idea what do you mean with more complete.

    Speed is also way better on bittorrent nowadays

    I can reach the same speeds with emule (if the file has enough seeds). And i can reach them faster on emule - but it is probably because i already have a lots of upload credits in emule vs using a public torrent with thousands of seeds.

    Also BitTorrent is better at avoiding cluster on your router. E2k peers will hit your router for apparently unknown reasons all the time even if you are not sharing anything.

    I have no idea what you are talking about. Never had issues.

    There’s reasons why people moved away from it.

    People moved away from it, when razorback2 server got shutdown and the admins got arrested. Not because of protocol issues. BitTorrent is also able to attract new users more easily because it is more forgiving to leechers (Long-term credits vs immediate reciprocity)

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