Bonus points idea for populair trackers. #1472

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opened 2026-02-21 15:40:42 -05:00 by deekerman · 5 comments

deekerman commented

2026-02-21 15:40:42 -05:00

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Originally created by @The-first-nizza on GitHub (May 29, 2014).

I know of trackers where you have to seed endless amount of time before your ratio is >| 1.0. This does not motivate anyone of us, and a lot of humans want to cancel partiating of the torrent-download in their BitTorrent-client.

I propose:
Two weeks seeding algorithm with the bonuspoint base(of HDBits).

When more than half of the torrents are actively seeded in two weeks(no event= stopped), than get extra bonus point over your activity. Then user should be able to trade them for extra upload count, so users ratio is saved.

My question to all of you:
Would this accelerate a swarm, and so motivate users to ‘just’ download torrents more easily? I my mind this would make humans less defensive to download a torrent on populair BitTorrent-trackers.

Originally created by @The-first-nizza on GitHub (May 29, 2014). I know of trackers where you have to seed endless amount of time before your ratio is >| 1.0. This does not motivate anyone of us, and a lot of humans want to cancel partiating of the torrent-download in their BitTorrent-client. I propose: Two weeks seeding algorithm with the bonuspoint base(of HDBits). When more than half of the torrents are actively seeded in two weeks(no event= stopped), than get extra bonus point over your activity. Then user should be able to trade them for extra upload count, so users ratio is saved. My question to all of you: Would this accelerate a swarm, and so motivate users to ‘just’ download torrents more easily? I my mind this would make humans less defensive to download a torrent on populair BitTorrent-trackers.

deekerman closed this issue

2026-02-21 15:40:45 -05:00

deekerman commented

2026-02-21 15:40:47 -05:00

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@sledgehammer999 commented on GitHub (May 31, 2014):

I think you have misunderstood how the bittorrent protocol works. The tracker tracks your ratio. Even if qBittorrent shows to you higher ratio, the tracker will still know your real ratio.

@sledgehammer999 commented on GitHub (May 31, 2014): I think you have misunderstood how the bittorrent protocol works. The tracker tracks your ratio. Even if qBittorrent shows to **you** higher ratio, the tracker will still know your **real** ratio.

deekerman commented

2026-02-21 15:40:47 -05:00

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@The-first-nizza commented on GitHub (May 31, 2014):

I know. It is an idea for the trackers, not for qBittorrent. I wanted to share thoughts.

@The-first-nizza commented on GitHub (May 31, 2014): I know. It is an idea for the trackers, not for qBittorrent. I wanted to share thoughts.

deekerman commented

2026-02-21 15:40:47 -05:00

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@sledgehammer999 commented on GitHub (May 31, 2014):