If you've spent any time on the internet since the early 2000s, you've probably heard of BitTorrent, the popular file-sharing tool used for movies, programs, and other large chunks of data. But ...

Vitalik Buterin compares Ethereum to BitTorrent and Linux, outlining a vision for scalable, trustless infrastructure with ...

The BitTorrent protocol has downloaders help send the file to other downloaders, reducing the burden on the original owner. This usually results in all participants downloading the file faster. The ...

No court has found the BitTorrent protocol inherently unlawful. But using BitTorrent to trade copyright-protected files will likely put you on the wrong side of the law. A Princeton study published ...

BitTorrent is still a great way to transfer large files, but it’s only as convenient and efficient as the application you use to seed and download them. This week, we’re looking at five of the best ...

Cloud services like OneDrive and Dropbox are dead-simple to set up and make multi-device file syncing an absolute breeze—but those services force you to stash your files on the company’s third-party ...

BitTorrent "hubs" that publish lists of movies, TV shows and other free downloads suddenly went dark this weekend, in a major victory for Hollywood that highlights vulnerabilities in technology behind ...

Bram Cohen, the mastermind behind BitTorrent, claims he didn’t set out to build a pirate ship when he launched the file-sharing product in 2003. All he wanted to do was make it easier to move big ...

Vitalik Buterin compares Ethereum to BitTorrent and Linux, stressing its potential to scale while serving both individuals and enterprises.

Vitalik Buterin said that Ethereum should be understood less as a speculative asset and more as shared infrastructure. On Jan ...

BitTorrent Inc., the company behind the BitTorrent peer-to-peer file sharing protocol, is planning to launch a live streaming TV service with both free and paid options. The company claims it will ...