<s>
WebTorrent	B-Protocol
is	O
a	O
peer-to-peer	O
(	O
P2P	O
)	O
streaming	B-Architecture
torrent	B-Protocol
client	O
written	O
in	O
JavaScript	B-Language
,	O
from	O
the	O
same	O
author	O
,	O
Feross	O
Aboukhadijeh	O
,	O
of	O
YouTube	B-General_Concept
Instant	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
team	O
at	O
WebTorrent	B-Protocol
and	O
on	O
GitHub	B-Application
,	O
for	O
use	O
in	O
web	B-Application
browsers	I-Application
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
a	O
WebTorrent	B-Protocol
Desktop	O
stand	O
alone	O
version	O
able	O
to	O
bridge	O
WebTorrent	B-Protocol
and	O
BitTorrent	B-Protocol
serverless	O
networks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Before	O
creating	O
WebTorrent	B-Protocol
,	O
the	O
developers	O
first	O
created	O
PeerCDN	O
,	O
a	O
peer-to-peer	O
content	B-Operating_System
delivery	I-Operating_System
network	I-Operating_System
which	O
was	O
bought	O
by	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
The	O
idea	O
behind	O
WebTorrent	B-Protocol
is	O
to	O
make	O
a	O
BitTorrent-like	O
protocol	O
that	O
works	O
on	O
the	O
web	B-Application
browser	I-Application
,	O
maintaining	O
as	O
much	O
compatibility	O
with	O
BitTorrent	B-Protocol
as	O
possible	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Any	O
web	B-Application
browser	I-Application
should	O
be	O
able	O
to	O
connect	O
to	O
a	O
peer-to-peer	O
swarm	O
,	O
fetch	O
content	O
,	O
verify	O
that	O
it	O
is	O
correct	O
,	O
and	O
display	O
it	O
to	O
the	O
user	O
–	O
all	O
as	O
much	O
as	O
possible	O
without	O
centralized	O
servers	O
relying	O
on	O
a	O
network	O
entirely	O
of	O
people	O
's	O
browsers	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
WebTorrent	B-Protocol
uses	O
the	O
same	O
protocol	O
as	O
BitTorrent	B-Protocol
but	O
uses	O
a	O
different	O
transport	B-Architecture
layer	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
WebTorrent	B-Protocol
primarily	O
relies	O
on	O
WebRTC	B-Protocol
connections	O
,	O
while	O
BitTorrent	B-Protocol
uses	O
TCP	B-Protocol
connections	O
and	O
UDP	B-Protocol
datagrams	O
directly	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
WebTorrent	B-Protocol
Desktop	O
bridges	O
the	O
two	O
networks	O
of	O
WebRTC-based	O
WebTorrent	B-Protocol
and	O
TCP/UDP	O
-based	O
BitTorrent	B-Protocol
simultaneously	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
BitTorrent	B-Protocol
client	O
Vuze	B-Application
(	O
formerly	O
Azureus	B-Application
)	O
less	O
gracefully	O
but	O
adequately	O
functionally	O
incorporated	O
WebTorrent	B-Protocol
adding	O
simultaneous	O
network	O
bridging	O
to	O
their	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
developers	O
used	O
Electron	B-Operating_System
that	O
makes	O
desktop	O
apps	O
using	O
JavaScript	B-Language
with	O
access	O
to	O
all	O
the	O
APIs	B-General_Concept
from	O
Chrome	B-Application
and	O
Node	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Online	O
video	O
is	O
the	O
core	O
focus	O
as	O
that	O
is	O
where	O
WebTorrent	B-Protocol
is	O
most	O
useful	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
File	O
availability	O
,	O
as	O
with	O
BitTorrents	B-Protocol
,	O
is	O
dependent	O
on	O
torrent	B-Protocol
seeding	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Rather	O
than	O
using	O
a	O
middleman	O
upload	O
site	O
to	O
share	O
a	O
large	O
private	O
file	O
with	O
another	O
person	O
,	O
with	O
WebTorrent	B-Protocol
you	O
may	O
directly	O
connect	O
without	O
leaving	O
traces	O
somewhere	O
or	O
potentially	O
being	O
archived	O
on	O
some	O
upload	O
site	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
WebTorrent	B-Protocol
uses	O
widely	O
supported	O
open	O
web	O
standards	O
like	O
WebRTC	B-Protocol
and	O
therefore	O
works	O
in	O
any	O
modern	O
browser	B-Application
,	O
including	O
Google	B-Application
Chrome	I-Application
,	O
Firefox	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Opera	B-Application
for	O
Desktop	O
and	O
Android	O
,	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Edge	I-Application
and	O
Safari	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Launched	O
in	O
2017	O
,	O
BitChute	O
is	O
a	O
video	O
hosting	O
service	O
that	O
used	O
WebTorrent	B-Protocol
P2P	O
technology	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
claimed	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
ease	O
bandwidth	O
issues	O
of	O
centralized	O
streaming	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
April	O
2021	O
,	O
the	O
option	O
to	O
host	O
videos	O
using	O
WebTorrent	B-Protocol
on	O
BitChute	O
"	O
appears	O
to	O
have	O
been	O
deprecated	O
"	O
,	O
according	O
to	O
Ars	O
Technica	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Brave	B-Application
web	B-Application
browser	I-Application
bundles	O
WebTorrent	B-Protocol
into	O
the	O
native	O
executables	O
and	O
integrates	O
WebTorrent	B-Protocol
into	O
its	O
UI	O
.	O
</s>
