Quote from: Bendur on December 24, 2012, 10:04:55 AM

I'm curious as to who is your target market for this kind of service? Could you explain its advantages over something like pirate bay?

Hi Bendur,
Great question. Currently, this service is nothing like the Pirate Bay. It is much more similar to your local BitTorrent client (Transmission, uTorrent, Vuze, etc.) than it is to a torrent tracker like the Pirate Bay. You still have to go and find a torrent from a tracker just as you would go and find one to use with your local client. You can think of it as a client in the cloud.

The advantages are:

Speed: my servers are likely significantly faster than your local client/connection.
Reliability: you can still use your internet connection while using my service! As you probably know, torrents degrade your connection to the point where your internets are pretty unusable.
Space: if you stream your content, you don't have to store files on your computer.
Privacy: your IP address won't be found in a torrent swarm.

I initially built the foundation of this service for my own personal use. I travel constantly and it would be very inconsiderate of me to use shared wifi for my torrent "needs", so I am a great candidate for a service like this. If you are concerned about people seeing your IP address associated with torrents you've downloaded on a website like http://youhavedownloaded.com, you are a great candidate for SwarmStream. But, really, I think most people would find this service convenient. The rates are very low, so go ahead and give it a shot. I'd love to hear what you think.