“I2P is used by many people who care about their privacy: activists, journalists, as well as the average person.
Vuze believes that it makes sense to support I2P as many of its users are interested in communicating anonymously. This I2P plug will likely increase the number of users on the network, increasing the download speeds as well. While not mentioned in the official 5.6 release announcement, users who download a torrent with an I2P tracker are now prompted to install the corresponding plugin. It’s relatively primitive and based on file-sizes, but can be a life-safer nonetheless.Īnother new feature that’s worth mentioning is improved support for the anonymous I2P network. The merging feature makes use of Vuze’s swarm discovery tool and finds files through the Distributed Hash Table (DHT). In this case it’s downloading 1.2MB per second from the original torrent and an additional 1.0MB per second from the merged swarm. This is particularly useful when a torrent has no seeds or very few active ones.īelow is a screenshot of one download being pulled from two swarms. “Vuze automatically detects when two or more of your incomplete downloads share one or more files of identical size and will attempt to merge the torrent swarms to download the file faster or, possibly, complete an existing file with bad availability,” Vuze explains.įor example, if you download a copy of LibreOffice, Vuze can search for torrents that have the same files and combine these swarms. The new feature allows users to find duplicate files shared elsewhere via BitTorrent, and combines the seeds and peers from multiple sources. With the latest 5.6 release the new “ swarm merging” feature stands out. While it’s certainly not the most lightweight client around, Vuze has some interesting options for more demanding BitTorrent users. In recent years Vuze’s BitTorrent client has evolved into an all-in-one download solution, with built-in search, DVD-burning capabilities and device integration The client is used by millions of people each day and has a steadily growing user-base. Vuze is one of the most recognized BitTorrent brands.