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The main reason is that
libtorrent
, which is the literal backbone of most torrenting clients, has implemented supported for I2P only recently in its latest v2.x branch.... It takes time forlibtorrent
to iron out bugs and stablize and it takes more for clients to upgrade their embeddedlibtorrent
to v2.x.libtorrent 2 also has some issues. On unRAID for instance it causes crashes so I am forced to use v1 builds. And on other systems it has high memory usage so it's not exactly ready for prime time.
I hate to put it this way because
libtorrent
is a wonderful piece of open-source software maintained by volunteers but as is typical with its history, releases are going to be bumpy.Yeah my comment wasn't a knock at the software or devs. I just think libtorrent v2 is not quite ready for widespread use yet. Since OP is talking people migrating to I2P then it needs to be more stable before that can happen. A few years from now I'm sure it will be a great option.
Damn bro. Opsec 💯
This is the best answer. The software just has to mature a little bit more. But it's a matter of time.
Once we reach the phase where most mainstream bittorrent clients support I2P by default, it will become the new standard.
Most people don't use bleeding edge features.