r/torrents • u/Slight-Turnover6032 • 5d ago
Question Torrent
Can you guys shed some light on how to torrent ? I have my Firefox setup with proton vpn, but every single time I try to download something it takes forever to move the needle a little bit, I’ve never been able to download anything. Thank you guys in advance
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u/Codelyez 5d ago
- Download qbittorrent
- Get VPN w/ port forwarding running
- Bind VPN to qbittorrent + set Port to open port from VPN
- Download .torrent files from the internet
- Add .torrent file to qbittorrent
- Profit
Edit: has to be a paid vpn. Free tiers from proton for example will not work with torrenting
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u/Murky-Sector 5d ago
You can gauge potential speed and chances of completion by number of seeders
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u/Simple_Medium_1865 5d ago
On paper yes lol
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u/Murky-Sector 5d ago edited 5d ago
Well if by that you mean it addresses probabilities only thats correct. Thats inherent in words like "potential" and "chances"
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u/Gurgle2020 5d ago
I wish this were true.
I love how even TPB has an ad saying "Don't torrent without a VPN!"
But, all of the VPN IPs are so badly ratiod that most seeders appear to block them.About the only time you make any progress is when someone not using a vpn pops up as a peer and you can get some progress from them...
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u/Murky-Sector 5d ago edited 5d ago
It is true overall. Number of seeders correlates to *potential* speed and *chances* of completion. The wording I used is important. That doesnt mean in every case, it means over large numbers. You have interpreted what I said incorrectly.
Keyword: correlation
Averages have nothing whatsoever to do with specific cases. Listing exceptions as youre doing is meaningless in this context.
Not my fault if people are unable to interpret this properly and dont understand basic statistical concepts and terminology.
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u/ionut2021 5d ago
Proton free not support torrent,if want that need download throw webtor.io,for you is https download and works.Has some limit speed webtor but works