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FLO Torrent

Getting torrents from FLO blockchain

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How it works?

FLO Torrent stores torrent files direclty on FLO blockchain making it completely decentralised. But this approch came with some challenges.

The problem

Maximum number of free characters that can be stored in a FLO blockchain transaction is 1040. But torrents are typically 20000 characters each.

So, we need to first design a way to split the torrent into smaller segments, and find a way to link them inside the blockchain.

The solution

Splitting can easily be achieved by reading only 900 characters from the torrent file one at a time, and using the remaining characters for linking purposes.

Next step

We put the first segment in the FLO Blockchain, and get it's unique transaction ID. Then we put the second segment in the blockchain, and link it with previous transaction ID.

This process continues untill all segments are put on the blockchain.

The transaction ID of the last segment is the entry point to the full data stream, and is published as a torrent ID.