Hi, I was wondering how they do this and if there is a way to “cheat” the amount of data you are downloading or seeding.
There’s no point in cheating. Any good private tracker will let maintain a sizeable buffer assuming you seed with things like bonus points/free leech.
If it’s difficult to maintain a buffer, plan to move to a different tracker that will.
Plus, the big private trackers communicate with one another. Get caught in one, you’ll be found out in others.
You have a unique “passkey” in the torrent that you download, and the tracker won’t let you connect without it. I wouldn’t try to cheat it, or you’ll likely end up banned. Trackers have scripts to detect tampering.
The passkey is also why you shouldn’t share torrent files.
Wait, you mean the *.torrent file, right?
Your tracker url in your downloaded torrent files has a unique passkey in it that allows access and associates activity with your account.
This is why you cannot share .torrent files. The contents of the .torrent files are usually fair game to make another torrent of though!
If you don’t want to go to the effort to maintain a ratio, just use Usenet and never worry about seeding or leeching again.
Admins despise ratio cheaters and it’s a great way to get banned across multiple trackers. I recommend just getting a seedbox.
