I know how torrenting works, and I guess I know what a seed box is for the most part. But where I’m foggy is exactly why people use them and what their benefit is over not using one. Every explanation I’ve looked up just doesn’t clear that up for some reason.
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A seed box is an external box that is dedicated to seeding torrent files. They are usually VMs on an external server.
People use them because many private torrent trackers require seed to leech ratios, so you need to seed a torrent for longer than you leech (usually at least 2x).
You _can_ do this from your home PC, but it would require the PC be on all the time, using your bandwidth, and potentially exposes your IP address to the swarm (which can result in lawsuits). A seedbox resolves both of those concerns
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