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Proof that the NFT Bay's torrent is mostly zeroes
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t.py
import libtorrent as lt
# usage:
# sudo apt install python3-libtorrent
# wget https://thenftbay.org/billion-dollar-nft-torrent.torrent
# python3 t.py
info = lt.torrent_info("billion-dollar-nft-torrent.torrent")
print("Number of pieces: ", info.num_pieces())
print("dumping piece hashes:")
for i in range(info.num_pieces()):
print("piece ", i, "=", info.hash_for_piece(i).hex())
# Almost all the pieces are
# 57b587e1bf2d09335bdac6db18902d43dfe76449
# which is the sha1 of 32MB of zeroes
# so most of the 18TB torrent is zeroes
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Beyarz commented Nov 20, 2021

Wow

@cvk-nft
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cvk-nft commented Nov 20, 2021

https://www.clubnft.com/blog/the-trillion-byte-let-down

Great work zhuowei!

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stortzm commented Jun 1, 2022

what an absolute embarrassment

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