Torrenting Explained

The normal process of downloading files from the internet involves clicking on the Download button and allowing the entire file to be downloaded onto your device. However, torrenting is a bit different as it involves breaking the file into several pieces known as packets. Furthermore, the downloaded torrent file keeps track of the people with different packets and keeps interchanging the location you are downloading from.

Why should you seed? Seeding means sharing the parts of the file you have downloaded with others. By seeding, you help keep the torrent alive and make downloads faster for everyone. If no one seeds, files become unavailable for others to download.

Don't Trust, Verify!

File Types:

• *.dat The Assume UTXO chainstate snapshot file.
• *.tar.zst The compressed snapshot using Zstandard compression.
• *.sha512sum.txt Contains SHA-512 checksums for verification.
• *.asc GPG signature file for authenticity verification.

Verify authenticity:

$ gpg --verify ./*.asc

gpg: assuming signed data in '<filename>.sha512sum.txt'
gpg: Signature made <timestamp>
gpg:                using EDDSA key EBBB81751DB809DE50DD58C4AC75C86B6EE74334
gpg: Good signature from "jaonoctus <jaonoctus@protonmail.com>" [unknown]
gpg: WARNING: This key is not certified with a trusted signature!
gpg:          There is no indication that the signature belongs to the owner.
Primary key fingerprint: 7B69 6A61 6F73 1337 520B  8A19 D8F3 1505 B581 D617
     Subkey fingerprint: EBBB 8175 1DB8 09DE 50DD  58C4 AC75 C86B 6EE7 4334

Verify integrity:

$ sha512sum --check --ignore-missing ./*.sha512sum.txt

<filename>: OK

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