Instant.io – Streaming file transfer over WebTorrent
I work on some BitTorrent software and while it's a really cool protocol, it isn't designed to sequentially stream data. Some clients support streaming, but the act of prioritizing sequential chunks of data rather than chunks that are most likely to be unavailable in the future is bad behavior for the collective group of peers.I haven't personally given much thought to solving the problem of streaming, but I am surprised that the WebTorrent FAQ doesn't mention why they didn't take this opportunity to design a protocol that has more suitable trade-offs than BitTorrent. I'm getting mixed messaging; is their goal to connect the BitTorrent network with WebRTC or enable high quality P2P streaming via WebRTC?