I understand the basic concept that torrenting means transferring files to and from host computers (seeds) and recipient computers (peers) in small chunks. What I don’t understand is what would make this process faster between many seed computers as opposed to just one computer transferring it’s complete file to another computer.
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Theoretically, bandwidth permitted by the seeder, you can reach the same speeds with just 1 seed as 100 seeders. Seeders may not want to allocate the entirety of their upload bandwidth. It’s also common the seeders upload bandwidth, set by the ISP, may be limited to a speed much lower than your available download bandwidth. In that case, multiple seeders, each contributing small portions of their upload bandwidth, contribute to try to achieve the maximum speeds your download can allow.
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