Torrente, a micropayment based Bittorrent extension to mitigate free riding
Felipe K. Shiraishi, Vitor H. Perles, Hector K. Yassuda, Leonardo Toshinobu Kimura, Ewerton R. Andrade, Marcos Antonio Simplicio Junior · 2021
We propose Torrente, a distributed file-sharing solution with economic incentives. Its implementation is built as an extension of BitTorrent protocol, in such a manner that user access to file-sharing swarms is controlled by peers that verify micropayments receipts in a blockchain-based ledger. In addition, by using payment commitments, Torrente facilitates off-chain transactions for faster content sharing. The solution is created as a tool to enhance Amazon Biobank application security, but can be used isolated in cases such as file sharing with monetary incentives.