I think this might be a great addition to tixati. I saw this in libtorrent github = https://github.com/arvidn/libtorrent/issues/8048

I have checked I2P. It is good anonymity but the speeds are so slow that I can sleep for 8 hours and it will just download 2% of the entire movie.

I hope dev looks into it.



Tribler Onion Routing is based on UDP

so it has better streaming performance than TCP-based onion routers like Tor or I2P



   better streaming performance

it should also give better throughput performance
in networks with high latency, NATs, moderate packet loss, many peers
(similar: uTP vs TCP)



Anonymous Downloading and Streaming specifications = https://github.com/Tribler/tribler/wiki/Anonymous-Downloading-and-Streaming-specifications

   We have implemented the main parts of the Tor wire protocol within Tribler. Instead of the TCP protocol that Tor uses, we use the UDP protocol, in order to be able to do NAT traversal. We have created our own network using this Tor variant, our code is not compatible with normal Tor. We use UDP-based end-to-end congestion control. Having hop-by-hop congestion control is one of the key reasons why Tor is slow.



Hidden Services Specifications for anonymous seeding = https://github.com/Tribler/tribler/wiki/Hidden-Services-Specifications-for-anonymous-seeding

   Both the seeder and downloader use circuits while accessing the DHT, but with the current implementation the introduction point on itself knows which info hash is shared and what the rendezvous point will be. This is a known weakness in the protocol, but is to be solved later on in future work, when opportunistic encryption in a web of trust is reality.

As far as I know, Tribler is a test-bed for university research projects on anonymity, distributed trust, and virtual currency exchange that uses real user activity to get data. As far as I know, their mixnet is all in one place, which makes external traffic observation and deanonymisation easy. They clearly state that you are not anonymous to the global observer. As a university, they certainly won't try to protect your data from any law enforcement, as they'll get sued to death otherwise.

Neither are Tor or I2P sufficiently anonymous for large scale data transmissions, but at least they present some cloaking for smaller fish.

Low level protocol is the last thing that affects your file sharing speeds. Why would you expect public torrenting speeds from a) an anonymous network with b) tiny swarms?

Software (clients and networks) don't give you “the speed”, seeding people do. Think about it for a while.

Thank you for the information. I must admit that I was unaware of some of the points you mentioned, so it’s very helpful to know them now. I sincerely appreciate your insight. The primary reason for my initial request was to save on VPN costs, as I believed, and still do, that Tribler would offer faster speeds than I2P, thus improving torrent transfer speeds. I acknowledge that I did not fully grasp the technical aspects at the time, but I now understand that both Tribler and I2P will likely result in significantly slower speeds compared to standard torrent transfers. I’m willing to adjust my expectations accordingly. That said, I would still like to proceed with the request for this feature, fully aware of its limitations in terms of speed, and I’m prepared to accept that.