I recently came across an article on TorrentFreak about the BitTorrent protocol and found myself wondering if it has remained relevant in today's digital landscape. Given the rapid advancements in technology, I was curious to know if BitTorrent has been surpassed by a more efficient protocol, or if it continues to hold its ground (like I2P?).

Thank you for your insights!

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[–] Kissaki@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

The article you linked answers most of your questions.

Relative global upstream traffic went down, but not due to other file-sharing protocols but entirely different applications
I2P is not mentioned anywhere in the article, nor any other sharing alternative
VPN is mentioned as a potential reason for not being able to identify torrent traffic; VPN has become much more prevalent and promoted in the scene
The article says, in piracy, streaming websites are much more popular now

It has not been surpassed by another protocol. The relative numbers don't say much about absolute numbers or usage.

And 10 % of global internet upload is certainly no irrelevancy.