BitTorrent is a peer-to-peer protocol designed to transfer files. Users connect directly to send and receive portions of a file, while a central tracker coordinates the action of all peers and manages connections without knowledge of the contents of the files being distributed.
What's New?
All new queue-based user interface Many options are now modifiable from the interface, including upload rate Lots of other interface improvements Extra stats are visible, for those who like it Remembers what it was doing across restarts New .torrent maker "btmaketorrentgui" replaces "btcompletedir" Better performance, as always License has changed to the BitTorrent Open Source License Torrent fields are correctly created and interpreted as utf8 Too many little things to list A few technical notes, for those interested: Single port: launchmany can seed and client can download many files from a single port and thread Interface now uses GTK instead of wxWidgets BitTorrent packets are marked as bulk data to make traffic shaping easier
BitTorrent v4.0.0
All new queue-based user interface Many options are now modifiable from the interface, including upload rate Lots of other interface improvements Extra stats are visible, for those who like it Remembers what it was doing across restarts New .torrent maker "btmaketorrentgui" replaces "btcompletedir" Better performance, as always License has changed to the BitTorrent Open Source License Torrent fields are correctly created and interpreted as utf8 Too many little things to list A few technical notes, for those interested: Single port: launchmany can seed and client can download many files from a single port and thread Interface now uses GTK instead of wxWidgets BitTorrent packets are marked as bulk data to make traffic shaping easier
BitTorrent v4.0.0
