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“It's always hard to predict what's coming up next. My main guess is that content creators will increasingly start using BitTorrent to distribute their own work directly.”

Quote by Bram Cohen

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Bram Cohen is a renowned computer programmer, born on October 12, 1975. He is best known for his contributions to P2P file-sharing technology, particularly for developing the BitTorrent protocol, a widely used file distribution protocol on the internet. more

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