Topic: BitCoinTorrentz.com - Torrent Download Service - page 33. (Read 57199 times)

What system are you using to accept Bitcoin payments? Looks like a custom-hosted version of Bitwillet.

Thanks for your input Charlie, it is much appreciated.

What sets bitcointorrentz.com aside from a seedbox is the fact that it is a single-use service. You only pay for torrents that you download, instead of paying a flat rate monthly fee. This could potentially save you a lot of money. This service is, however, not currently designed for long-term seeding or online storage of torrents so if this is what you want, a seedbox would probably be a better solution.

This site is extremely new, and is undergoing constant improvement. I have many ideas that could make this service even better. I think your suggestions about providing additional means of accessing the files, such as a dropbox-like service, are very interesting. I will certainly keep it in mind for v2.

Torrents are indeed potentially faster, but if you have a slow connection with poor upload speed, if your ports are not forwarded correctly, if you are stuck behind a filtering proxy, or if your ISP does not allow torrent traffic, your torrent download speed will likely not reach it's maximum potential. With http or ftp, your download speed is only limited by your own home broadband connection. And since you are able to stream downloaded video and audio files, having a slow connection does not mean you have to wait for the torrent to finish before you can access the file - meaning much faster access to that tv show or movie you want to watch.

With regards to the checking of the status of the torrent, once you have initiated a download, you will be provided with a status link that you can use to check the current status of the torrent. This is a private, single-use, and throwaway link, that identifies your torrent. Once the download is complete, the status page will provide you with the download link to the files automatically. I am actually currently working on implementing code for a more detailed status inquiry.

Hey there,

I like the idea, would definitely use it.
Few questions

1. How is your service different from a seedbox?
2. If anything torrent is much faster than http/ftp, would it be better to give us some sort of online storage like dropbox where we can see our torrents donwloaded. Possibly create a folder on our computers.
3. How does someone see the status of a torrent?


Good luck!!

-Charlie

Introducing BitCoinTorrentz.com, a high-speed, fully automated and 100% annonymous remote torrent downloading service.
You can find us at: BitCoinTorrentz.com

NOTE: We are trading on GLBSE, ticker symbol BitCoinTorrentz

What is BitCoinTorrentz.com
This website provides a remote torrent downloading service to it's users in exchange for payment in BitCoin. The cost is calculated based on the size of the file you wish to download. We charge a modest fee of 0.08 BTC/GB (but offer up to 50% discount - see below).

I would appreciate if anyone out there could try it out - it's really quick - and reply with any feedback you might have on the service, how it could be improved, or indeed any criticism. All comments are welcome.
 
How it Works
BitCoinTorrentz.com will download any torrent of your choice at lightning speed. Our servers can download torrents at speeds up to 100x that of a regular, home broadband connection. So your torrent will be ready for download/streaming in a matter of minutes in most cases.
 
You can either upload a .torrent file directly to our servers, or enter the url of a direct link to a .torrent file from your tracker's website. We analyze the torrent, and calculate it's total size and some other information. Once you confirm the torrent it will begin to download immediately, and you will be given a unique link that you can use to monitor the status of the download.

100% Anonymity
We place great value on the privacy of our users, and therefore pledge to provide a 100% anonymous service. No information is logged to our servers that could be used to identify you. All torrents are securely deleted after 3 days, and our service does not log IP traffic.
 
How you get the files
Once the torrent has completed, we provide a direct http download link to the files. You can then download the contents of the torrent using your browser, download manager, or ftp client (ftp access currently on-request only).
 
For those with slow connections, you also have the option of streaming the file directly to your media player with no loss of quality, as long as your connection is even somewhat ok. This means that if you have a slow connection, and you don't want to wait for a large torrent to fully download before you can watch it... you don't have to!

How much does it cost?
It's relatively inexpensive! The cost is calculated based on the size of the torrent you wish to download, at a rate of 0.08 BTC per GB. But if you want to know the exact cost of a particular torrent, just upload it and the exact price will be displayed.

If you register anonymously with the site, you will receive an instant 20% discount on the regular fee. For each 20gb that you download, you will receive an additional 10% reduction of your current fee. The maximum discount is 50% of the regular rate (i.e. 0.04 btc/gb).

Feedback and Support
If you have any questions, comments, queries or qualms... please do not hesitate to contact us. You can send us an email via the contact form on our website.