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Torrenting files through Peer-to-Peer (P2P) connections allows for files to be shared very efficiently through a decentralized network. There are many perfectly legitimate uses for P2P file-sharing, as well as some that can get us in trouble with our network provider.
== Definitions ==<br> '''Leeching''': Leeching is downloading the file you are torrenting from someone else.<br> '''Seeding''': Seeding is uploading the file you have torrented and making it available to other leechers.<br> '''Torrent Client''': The software program that you run on your computer to torrent files.<br><br>
In general, you should always satisfy one or both of the following conditions when torrenting on the Escher network: