> Identical files will always have the same hash and can more easily be moved from one torrent to another (when creating torrents) without having to re-hash anything. Files that are identical can also more easily be identified across different swarms, since their root hash only depends on the content of the file.
As a question for someone who knows better - does this mean that you can download single files within torrents themselves? I imagine if each file is independently hashed, this should be possible.
>As a question for someone who knows better - does this mean that you can download single files within torrents themselves?
Most torrent clients can do this already, but depending on how the torrent was created and the size the files involved you might download a some of the files on either side.
As a question for someone who knows better - does this mean that you can download single files within torrents themselves? I imagine if each file is independently hashed, this should be possible.