BitComet

toc =Introduction=


 * BitComet** is a basic P2P file transferring program which runs using the basic **Bittorrent** framework. It is a freeware designed for high-speed distribution of large files. In other words, BitComet is just a better and improved version of its predecessor "Bittorrent".

=How it works=

Users go to specific sites and search for the desired media (music, video, pictures, images, e-books, programs, and much more). Once the object has been selected then the user can download the torrent file (this usually is a very small file in terms of size and holds only basic information about the object, but does not actually contain any of the content). For instance, when someone tries to download a Bittorrent file of the movie "Batman Begins", it would not contain the movie but only contain the name, length of the movie, and the size in terms of bits).

Once the computer downloads the file, it must be opened with the Bittorrent/BitComet application. Once this is done, the application tries to find people with the same file and download the actual file from them. Thus, in a sense, the bit file is only a clue that the program uses to find the actual file.

However, unlike normal P2P programs, this is unique in the sense that it can only transfer and use files that have the appropriate extension. Therefore one cannot try to share or download for example: an avi or mpg file without the appropriate extension, as the program will not recognize them. Once the download is completed, the program creates a copy of the completed file with the original extension, so if the user were downloading "Batman.avi", the program automatically converts the fully downloaded version with the extension to simply Batman.avi. The reason it converts only a copy and leaves the original untouched, is because by doing so, it adds your file to the Bittorrent/BitComet universe so that other people can now download from those who successfully downloaded the file.

To increase the speed of the download rate, Bit Comet offers Bit Comet Accelerators, which helps accelerate download rate so you can download faster. Just simply turn it on when you are using Bit Comet. There are of course legal issues with such programs, that were essentially created in order to illegally share copyrighted items.

=Current Issues= DHT or //Distributed Hash Tables// allow users to continue to download without having to connect to the tracker. DHT has been implimented on other clients such as the original BitTorrent and uTorrent. The issue with this function along with PEX is that it allows users to download from private trackers without ever having to be one of the users of that tracker. This has allowed many people to leech from other people without ever having to upload themselves. Athough this is a problem there was a solution that has been implimented allowing all torrents to have a "Private" flag which would hault DHT or PEX from initiating. The Issue is that BitComet programmers have chosen to ignore the flag allowing users to continue to leech. This has started a lot of controversy over the BitTorrent community. =What makes it better?= =Some Torrent Sites=
 * User interface
 * Appearance
 * Functionality
 * Difference in performance
 * [|Torrent Spy]
 * [|Torrentz]
 * [|Legal Torrents]

=Additional Link= __BitComet__. 26 Feb. 2006 . http://www.bitcomet.com/