The main reason is that libtorrent, which is the literal backbone of most torrenting clients, has implemented supported for I2P only recently in its latest v2.x branch.... It takes time for libtorrent to iron out bugs and stablize and it takes more for clients to upgrade their embedded libtorrent to v2.x.

Probably mostly cause:

• Slow speed unless you you keep your router 24/7
• People are used to download torrents fast
• Clearnet has much bigger torrent database

I would like I2P to be implemented as a default by pirates, but it looks like people (including myself) are lazy

Why is it in Java??

The more people who use I2P for relatively normal reasons like piracy, the safer it is for people who want to avoid censorship.

Its reputation of Dread bezo addicts is probably why nobody uses it unfortunately

Because people believe a VPN or a seedbox is gonna save them from legal repercussions. They paid for it with their real information and credit card too, for convenience. They compromised their private tracker identity and must abandon the trackers the moment the legal landscape incentives companies to pursue individual copyright infringements. But most probably won't, and face the consequences if that ever happens.

From what I have read on the upcoming implementation on i2p in qbit, I do not forsee it being adopted by the core torrent user base. The main issue I have with it is that while you can download from clearnet peers, you are only able to seed to other i2p peers. This completely eliminates any adoption by anyone using private trackers. Its not like the guys in brazil are going to jump through an extra hoop to hide their ip since they never needed to in the first place, so they can be ruled out for adoption as well. What I really fear is that its going to create a completely unnecessary schism in the userbase with a sort of 'leechnet' walled garden of i2p users which would hurt the greater availability of seeders. I also haven't gotten a straight answer from anyone how ports are going to work in i2p, since normally its imperative to have a forwarded port in order to be a full participant. Unless i2p users can seed to clearnet users without issue, I am going to be worried about the impact on torrent health as a whole.

I think non technical people find the concept of a network within a network confusing. I think its more of i2p itself.

I do think it is the future of filesharing and if I was to create a torrent I'd use i2p. Hopefully with more clients implementing support it sees further adoption.

real answer? im way too stupid to figure out how the hell to use it. i spent 3 straight days trying to get it working a couple years ago with no luck.

2 main issues with it:

Too slow for the average user. A lot less torrents available.

Because clearnet serves most of us just fine.

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