Inequity of sharing ratio enhancement in darknet: Measurement and improvement

Xiaowei Chen; Xiaowen CHU; Adele L. Jia; Johan A. Pouwelse

doi:10.1109/HPCC.2012.111

Inequity of sharing ratio enhancement in darknet: Measurement and improvement

Xiaowei Chen^*, Xiaowen CHU, Adele L. Jia, Johan A. Pouwelse

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Abstract

Private BitTorrent community (PT), as known as "BitTorrent Darknet", has become a popular research spot in recent years. PTs can provide ultra-high download performance which is much better than public BitTorrent communities. The Sharing Ratio Enhancement (SRE) mechanism is the key to PTs' success. However, it also brings negative side effects to the registered users in PTs. In this paper, we crawl and analyze all of user profiles from three influential PTs which provide very detailed information. We show that the sharing ratio of members cannot represent their upload contribution in terms of upload time and amount. Members are forced to seed for a long time to maintain adequate sharing ratios to survive in the community. SRE mechanism's nature drawbacks induce inequity. Based on these measurements, we propose a unified two-track payment system to pay peers based on their contribution, which is an alternative mechanism to SRE. We consider the payment with inflation and transit process. Our systems can provide a fair and consistent environment, which is helpful to unify and to build sustainable development of private BitTorrent communities.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 14th IEEE International Conference on High Performance Computing and Communications, HPCC-2012 - 9th IEEE International Conference on Embedded Software and Systems, ICESS-2012
Pages	786-793
Number of pages	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/HPCC.2012.111
Publication status	Published - 2012
Event	14th IEEE International Conference on High Performance Computing and Communications, HPCC-2012 - 9th IEEE International Conference on Embedded Software and Systems, ICESS-2012 - Liverpool, United Kingdom Duration: 25 Jun 2012 → 27 Jun 2012 https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/conhome/6331801/proceeding

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Name	Proceedings of the 14th IEEE International Conference on High Performance Computing and Communications, HPCC-2012 - 9th IEEE International Conference on Embedded Software and Systems, ICESS-2012

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Conference	14th IEEE International Conference on High Performance Computing and Communications, HPCC-2012 - 9th IEEE International Conference on Embedded Software and Systems, ICESS-2012
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
City	Liverpool
Period	25/06/12 → 27/06/12
Internet address	https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/conhome/6331801/proceeding

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Software

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BitTorrent
content distribution
peer-to-peer networks
private tracker
sustainability

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Chen, X., CHU, X., Jia, A. L., & Pouwelse, J. A. (2012). Inequity of sharing ratio enhancement in darknet: Measurement and improvement. In Proceedings of the 14th IEEE International Conference on High Performance Computing and Communications, HPCC-2012 - 9th IEEE International Conference on Embedded Software and Systems, ICESS-2012 (pp. 786-793). Article 6332249 (Proceedings of the 14th IEEE International Conference on High Performance Computing and Communications, HPCC-2012 - 9th IEEE International Conference on Embedded Software and Systems, ICESS-2012). https://doi.org/10.1109/HPCC.2012.111

Chen, Xiaowei ; CHU, Xiaowen ; Jia, Adele L. et al. / Inequity of sharing ratio enhancement in darknet : Measurement and improvement. Proceedings of the 14th IEEE International Conference on High Performance Computing and Communications, HPCC-2012 - 9th IEEE International Conference on Embedded Software and Systems, ICESS-2012. 2012. pp. 786-793 (Proceedings of the 14th IEEE International Conference on High Performance Computing and Communications, HPCC-2012 - 9th IEEE International Conference on Embedded Software and Systems, ICESS-2012).

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Chen, X, CHU, X, Jia, AL & Pouwelse, JA 2012, Inequity of sharing ratio enhancement in darknet: Measurement and improvement. in Proceedings of the 14th IEEE International Conference on High Performance Computing and Communications, HPCC-2012 - 9th IEEE International Conference on Embedded Software and Systems, ICESS-2012., 6332249, Proceedings of the 14th IEEE International Conference on High Performance Computing and Communications, HPCC-2012 - 9th IEEE International Conference on Embedded Software and Systems, ICESS-2012, pp. 786-793, 14th IEEE International Conference on High Performance Computing and Communications, HPCC-2012 - 9th IEEE International Conference on Embedded Software and Systems, ICESS-2012, Liverpool, United Kingdom, 25/06/12. https://doi.org/10.1109/HPCC.2012.111

Inequity of sharing ratio enhancement in darknet: Measurement and improvement. / Chen, Xiaowei; CHU, Xiaowen; Jia, Adele L. et al.
Proceedings of the 14th IEEE International Conference on High Performance Computing and Communications, HPCC-2012 - 9th IEEE International Conference on Embedded Software and Systems, ICESS-2012. 2012. p. 786-793 6332249 (Proceedings of the 14th IEEE International Conference on High Performance Computing and Communications, HPCC-2012 - 9th IEEE International Conference on Embedded Software and Systems, ICESS-2012).

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Chen X, CHU X, Jia AL, Pouwelse JA. Inequity of sharing ratio enhancement in darknet: Measurement and improvement. In Proceedings of the 14th IEEE International Conference on High Performance Computing and Communications, HPCC-2012 - 9th IEEE International Conference on Embedded Software and Systems, ICESS-2012. 2012. p. 786-793. 6332249. (Proceedings of the 14th IEEE International Conference on High Performance Computing and Communications, HPCC-2012 - 9th IEEE International Conference on Embedded Software and Systems, ICESS-2012). doi: 10.1109/HPCC.2012.111

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