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electroly on Feb 8, 2025 | parent | context | favorite | on: Hotline for modern Apple systems

The readme mentions servers and trackers. I also remember a tracker tracker, for finding trackers. What an exciting time as a young nerd with no money and a lot of spare time.

einsteinx2 on Feb 8, 2025 | [–]

Now I wonder if the term “tracker” used for BitTorrent originated from Hotline…

amatecha on Feb 8, 2025 | [–]

Yeah, that's exactly what the site was! https://web.archive.org/web/19991011173529/http://tracker-tr... :)

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