Yes, downloading the full chain is one of the ugliest things in this. I love the ambitiousness of the project, yet it should be a bit more user-oriented, I think that only real maniacs will be ready to wait for so long in order to sync the full chain.
I'm not sure this is still an issue...
There was a period when you could only get one connection...
Even though Dev's permanent VPS nodes were operational... maybe coin was being DDOSed.
Ya know, the first project to get torrent transfers working on a coin will go Top 50...
Especially if it's a well thought out implementation... so, hey, it's a good area to speculate.
Alexandria thinks they are the Library of Congress (not sure why anyone would pay for legal torrents)...
I've written off SIGU.... the algos are unclear and it looks like shit (yes, it does matter = reflects on competence)...
And multiple projects will definitely come out of NXT... since this is obvious, low hanging fruit.