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Why I Would Never Seed a Torrent
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While I find it annoying that I can't rename files and think that could have easily been avoided in the original bittorrent design, it's not too inconvenient to just copy the files and leave the originals in a "seed" folder.
You can rename through the client but it would be nice if the clients could also use a hash, then when it detects a file is missing it could just scan the dir for a matching file automatically.
BitTorrent v1 does not hash the files, it hashes chunks (pieces), and they can span multiple files
I seed 160 TB. What you are suggesting is only feasible if you share a small number of files.