<![CDATA[What is a tracker?]]>What are they when torrenting?

]]>https://community.gaytor.rent/topic/18407/what-is-a-trackerRSS for NodeWed, 08 Apr 2026 10:55:18 GMTSun, 14 Jun 2015 03:08:54 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to What is a tracker? on Sun, 14 Jun 2015 23:47:50 GMT]]>A torrent tracker is the software that keeps a track of who has uploaded which pieces (and so has them available to share), who is downloading (and so is looking for pieces), how much you have up/downloaded.

All the info you see in your torrent client comes via the tracker for each site

]]>https://community.gaytor.rent/post/133263https://community.gaytor.rent/post/133263Sun, 14 Jun 2015 23:47:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to What is a tracker? on Sun, 14 Jun 2015 14:02:41 GMT]]>Well, whenever someone mentions a "tracker", usually is referring to a torrent site. For example, gaytorrent is a Private Tracker. And ThePirateBay (If its against rules mentioning another tracker, just edit my post please) is a public tracker.

]]>https://community.gaytor.rent/post/133171https://community.gaytor.rent/post/133171Sun, 14 Jun 2015 14:02:41 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to What is a tracker? on Sun, 14 Jun 2015 12:37:27 GMT]]>Is a server that regulates the communication between those downloading and uploading torrents.

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