Can we use DHT for trackerless torrents?

chr15m / bugout

Back end web app services over WebRTC.

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Can we use DHT for trackerless torrents? #33

Closed attish closed 3 years ago

attish commented 3 years ago

To achieve true decentralization, it would be nice to eliminate the need to rely on WebTorrent trackers. I tried to instantiate Bugout using "wtOpts":{tracker:false,dht:true}, but this way, the instances don't seem to find each other. Is this possible, even in theory? If yes, what should I do to enable it? Thanks!

chr15m commented 3 years ago

@attish unfortunately no it is not possible to use the DHT in an ordinary web browser as it requires sending and receiving of UDP packets.