BitTorrent is one of the most efficient peer-to-peer application today, which employs a tit-for-tat algorithm to enforce fair trading. The protocol recommends to maintain a 1:1 ratio, i.e., to share atleast equal amount of what you download. The current implementation of torrent protocol is highly efficient and flawless except for the following cases:
1. Internet connections that use ADSL technology, which gives lesser upload bandwidth compared to its download bandwidth -- which is usually only quarter of the download speed. For example, an ADSL connection that has a 1mbps downlink usually provides only 256kbps uplink. With such a slow upload, its hard for one to maintain the 1:1 ratio.
2. Files with only seeds or number of seeds greater than leeches. Because there are none or less number of leeches to download data from you, its difficult to maintain the 1:1 fair trading ratio.
How Does it Work?
GreedyTorrent is implemented as a proxy for the BitTorrent tracker protocol. Once installed, it sits in the system tray and waits for the BitTorrent client server to make a request to the torrent tracker. Once the BitTorrent client server is connected and attempts to report the uploaded quantity, GreedyTorrent modifies the upload ratio to report the results according to your predetermined preferences.
GreedyTorrent advertises the ability to be in control of your upload ratio, which you can set to be increased as a multiple of either your download or upload speeds. For example, to maintain a 1:1 ratio for a poor uploader, a multiple of 1 times the actual download would be enough. This has the advantage that the torrent file you download always maintains 1:1 ratio, no matter how poor your actual upload speed is. Suppose you have a fair upload speed and you just want to double your upload ratio. You can select a multiple that is twice the upload.
GreedyTorrent Features
# GreedyTorrent is set-once-and-forget type software. No need of configuring it each time you queue a torrent file to download.
# No complicated options to configure. The default installation of GreedyTorrent is configured to provide you five times actual upload, enough for the survival of a normal ADSL user. There is no need to manually find the hash values or to set tracker URLs, it takes care of them automatically. GreedyTorrent was developed with the beginner user in mind, with an easy to use interface.
# GreedyTorrent generates no additional traffic. It does not run or emulate an "extra torrent client", and thus does not waste your precious bandwidth.
# You can continue to use your favorite BitTorrent client, no need to switch to another BitTorrent client to use GreedyTorrent.
