Torrent sharing is a popular peer to peer file sharing method used mainly to download files like music, movie, etc. from the internet. Basically, the user installs a BitTorrent client like uTorrent or Vuze before downloading any file. The torrent client then downloads a torrent file from the torrent server to get the information about torrent index sites and where the client can download the chunks of data. On a related note, the torrent file is a data repository which contains useful information like the tracker, seeders, and leechers of the particular file you want to download. Once the torrent client knows where it can download all the chunks of data with the help of .torrent file, the torrent client calculates a unique hash code that helps in finding the peers, leechers, and seeders who are uploading those files which you can download from them.

What is a Magnet link

I am reading lately a lot about hash from torrents an magnetic links etc. But there is a question i dont understand. I have the hash of a file and the infohash of a torrent, is the infohash = hash of the file? If yes what if the torrent descripes 6 Files to download? If no what does it stand for. Mar 5, 2018 - Adding a torrent link by hash is supported by the transmission web client. B13e23c89a3b31dca82fd2739b2445e389986b8b to download.

Nowadays, most of the torrent site is hosting magnet links instead of a torrent file. While visiting the torrent site, you might have come across the term Magnet links. Magnet link has quite a same modus operandi as a .torrent file which resides on the server. One can easily start downloading the files using magnet link which is a sort of hyperlink that consists of hash code for the file you want to download. Using a magnet link to download files will eliminate the user to download the .torrent files that sit on the server.

The magnet link uses DHT (Distributed Hash Table) instead of a tracker to download the data from a P2P torrent network. Magnet link contains all the information needed to download a file from P2P sharing network, and it is a serverless way of downloading the specific file in P2P network in contrast to the torrent file. The magnet links offer several advantages over the conventional use of .torrent files. The users can easily share a magnet link via email or, message instead of sharing a link to a .torrent file on a server. Additionally, the user has a higher chance of downloading a file even when a tracker is not available.

Sometimes I have noticed that there might be an info hash tag on a torrent download site, when there might be no magnet link. I will try using.

While the use of magnet link saves some infrastructural space on the server at the host side, it is also more convenient for the user as, all one has to do is, simply click on the magnet link to start the downloading process which ultimately saves the downloading time.

However, users have found trouble using the magnet links in Browser like Chrome, Microsoft Edge, and Firefox. In this article, we explain how to use the magnet link in any browser.

NOTE: Torrents may be legal or illegal. Some sites offer only legitimate content whose copyright they hold or things that are in the public domain. You should check with the law of your land to see what you are downloading is legal.

How to open Magnet Links in Chrome Browser

Open the Google Chrome browser and Navigate to Settings. Go to Advanced and click on Privacy and Security.

Click on Content Settings and click on Handlers.

Toggle the button to “Allow sites to ask to become default handlers for protocols(recommended)”.

Now go to the torrent site and click on magnet link to download the file.

How to open Magnet Links in Microsoft Edge browser

Press Windows key +R to open Run. Type regedit and click on Ok

Navigate to the following path:

Click on Default key at the right side of the window pane and change the value to:

Click OK to apply changes.

Once done, the browser must be able to open magnet links with your torrent client.

How to open Magnet Links in Firefox Browser

Open Firefox browser and type about:config on the address bar. Type handler.expose.

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Right-click and choose New from the drop-down menu.

Select Boolean from the drop-down menu.

Give the preference name network.protocol-handler.expose.magnet.

Set the value to false.

Now click on magnet link and choose Dialog and your torrent client in the Firefox Launch Application.

That’s all there is to it!

Read next: How to convert Magnet links to Direct Download links.

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Extractor of SHA-1 hashes from torrents.

As its name suggests, Torrent Hash Extractor is designed to help you calculate the SHA-1 hash code for TORRENT files.

Installation is not required: just open the archive and run the executable file, without worrying that your registry might be affected in any way. The application is designed with simplicity in mind and the interface makes no difference. It only comprises a few buttons and a pane where you can view the files and their hash codes.

You can add the TORRENT files that you want to process, but the application can also open a whole directory and automatically identify the torrents, so you don't have to search for them manually. Once the desired files are in the list, just press the 'Start' button and let the program do the rest.

The generated code can be easily copied to your clipboard or saved to a text file in your computer, for later reference. Only the TORRENT file format is supported, so any other file type that you add to the list is not processed and the program displays the 'Not a TORRENT file' message. You can delete the file list and start over using the 'Clear' button.

That's about all that this application does. It's only function is to determine the hash code of TORRENT files, thus helping you determine their integrity and identify if the file content is changed. It only comes with support for this type of file and can only calculate the SHA-1 hash.

Torrent Hash Extractor is very easy to use, but the program could benefit from some additional features that other similar applications include, such as support for more algorithm types and file formats.

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