Difference between torrent P2P sharing and WebRTC P2P sharing?

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I have a doubt/misunderstanding.

webRTC uses RTCDataChannel API for communicating data P2P.

Torrents also P2P. Is both the technologies uses same thing in its core ? or any difference is there ?

If there is any difference then can we create some torrent like functionlity using webRTC RTCDataChannel API ?

The normal torrent p2p is different than webrct p2p in terms of protocols and the way they are scaled when dealing with large number of peers — Raghvendra Kumar, Sep 22 '18 at 19:13

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 19 '18 at 12:56

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P2P just means that two peers (e.g. your computer and my computer) communicate directly, one peer to another, without requiring a server in the middle. That is all WebRTC and Torrents have in common. Beyond that they're entirely different technologies. Though you could probably implement a Torrent-like protocol (enabling file sharing by assembling files from chunks received from various sources) using WebRTC data channels as the underlying transport mechanism.

answered Sep 19 '18 at 12:56

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Torrents over WebRTC already exists, it's called WebTorrent! https://webtorrent.io – Feross Sep 22 '18 at 00:18
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Well there you go, QED. – deceze Sep 22 '18 at 07:37

Difference between torrent P2P sharing and WebRTC P2P sharing?

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