What is YouTorrent?
YouTorrent is a sharing platform that allows users to distribute their applications, movies, music or anything they want by using the BitTorrent (also known as torrent) protocol. YouTorrent is a legal torrent database and search engine that aims to not infringe copyrights, whilst still maintaining an excellent community and media collection.
What is BitTorrent? [1]
BitTorrent is a peer-to-peer file sharing protocol used for distributing large amounts of data. BitTorrent is one of the most common protocols for transferring large files, and it has been estimated that it accounted for roughly 27% to 55% of all Internet traffic (depending on geographical location) as of February 2009.
The BitTorrent protocol can distribute a large file without the heavy load on the source computer and network. Rather than downloading a file from a single source, the BitTorrent protocol allows users to join a "swarm" of hosts to download and upload from each other simultaneously . The protocol works as an alternative method to distribute data, and even small computers, like mobile phones, with low bandwidth are able to distribute files to many recipients.
A user who wants to upload a file first creates a small torrent descriptor file that he distributes by conventional means (web, email, etc.). He then makes the file itself available through a BitTorrent node acting as a seed. Those with the torrent descriptor file can give it to their own BitTorrent nodes which, acting as peers or leechers, download it by connecting to the seed and/or other peers.
When a peer completely downloads a file, it becomes an additional seed. This eventual shift from peers to seeders determines the overall "health" of the file (as determined by the number of times a file is available in its complete form).
This distributed nature of BitTorrent leads to a flood like spreading of a file throughout peers. As more peers join the swarm, the likelihood of a successful download increases. Relative to standard Internet hosting, this provides a significant reduction in the original distributor's hardware and bandwidth resource costs. It also provides redundancy against system problems, reduces dependence on the original distributor and provides a source for the file which is generally temporary and therefore harder to trace than when provided by the enduring availability of a host in standard file distribution techniques.
How do I download .torrent files?
To download files using a .torrent file, you need a BitTorrent client. We recommend you use Wyzo or Miro.
Is YouTorrent related to uTorrent?
No. YouTorrent has no affiliation to uTorrent. uTorrent is actually µTorrent, prounced “microTorrent”, but commonly pronounced as U-Torrent. µTorrent is a lightweight and efficient BitTorrent client for Windows with many features, owned by BitTorrent Inc. YouTorrent highly recommends using µTorrent for windows users who wish to download torrents.