TRON Launches Project Atlas to Bring BitTorrent Users into its BlockchainTRON is aiming to bring blockchain and file sharing together with their latest venture, Project Atlas, which will blend blockchain technology with BitTorrent’s massive peer-to-peer infrastructure.
TRON acquired BitTorrent in July 2018, along with its 100 million active monthly users. BitTorrent is an established peer-to-peer network with a developed and tested infrastructure, but only time will tell how well the collaboration will work.
It’s an intriguing move, but what does it mean? Peer-to-peer file sharing has always been a popular way of exchanging information and media online, with around 27 million people using it to share or download files every day.
It’s clearly an important space and dates back to the early days of the internet. File sharing advocates are quick to call attention to its value in promoting democracy, openness, and the free exchange of ideas. Its detractors, of course, will point to the misuse of file sharing and torrenting platforms by pirates and criminals.
Still, many projects in the space are committed to making the internet a fairer and more decentralized place, where users can interact directly with one another instead of relying on centralized third parties. In this sense, it has something in common with the world of blockchain.
Project Atlas is an attempt to fuse the two spaces, with the aim of improving how file sharing works.
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