The tracker server has information about which peers are part of the ‘swarm’ (the group of users uploading or downloading the same file). Here’s a simplified version of what it does:Ĭonnecting with Trackers: When you open a torrent file or click on a magnet link, the BitTorrent client communicates with a tracker server.
At its core, a BitTorrent client is the software that enables peer-to-peer file sharing using the BitTorrent protocol.
