No browser plugin, extension, or installation is required. It’s written completely in JavaScript – the language of the web – and uses WebRTC for true peer-to-peer transport.

WebTorrent is the first torrent client that works in the browser. The post is written by Feross Aboukhadijeh, the creator of WebTorrent, co-founder of PeerCDN and a prolific NPM module author… 225 modules at last count! –Dietrich Ayala What is WebTorrent? This approach to serving files means that websites can scale with as many users as are simultaneously viewing the website – removing the cost of running centralized servers at data centers.

In this installment of the Dweb series we’ll learn about WebTorrent – an implementation of the BitTorrent protocol that runs in web browsers. The web is healthy when the financial cost of self-expression isn’t a barrier.

What they have in common: These projects are open source, and open for participation, and share Mozilla’s mission to keep the web open and accessible for all. These projects aren’t affiliated with Mozilla, and some of them rewrite the rules of how we think about a web browser. In this series we are covering projects that explore what is possible when the web becomes decentralized or distributed.

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