Premiere in FileSharing World: First Magnet-Only Torrent Index!

The decision of popular bittorrent service The Pirate Bay to adopt the idea of including magnet links on their site has recently become the main subject of debate among the IT community. With The Pirate Bay having made the first step in this direction, various BitTorrent clients followed through and started to add support for these types of links as well; some even took the concept to the next level and introduced Internet’s first “magnet-only” torrent index. The Pirate Bay’s metamorphosis began last November, when the website announced the closing down of its tracker and the integration of magnet links.

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Premiere in FileSharing World: First Magnet-Only Torrent Index!

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