BitLord
| Developer(s) | Intercosmos Media Group / Sam Jay Heaton |
|---|---|
| Stable release | 1.2 (December 23, 2009) [±] |
| Operating system | Microsoft Windows |
| Type | BitTorrent client |
| License | Open Source GPL |
| Website | www.bitlord.com |
BitLord is a BitTorrent client written in C++ for Microsoft Windows. BitLord Pro is a recent "commercial" release of BitLord.
Contents |
[edit] Features
According to the official website, BitLord contains these features:
- Automatic optimization for different connections.
- Automatic optimization of uploads to achieve the maximum possible download rate.
- Eliminates the wait for disk allocation, while also reducing fragmentation on the drive.
- Eliminates the time-consuming hashing when seeding / resume.
- Allows some firewalled or "NAT'd" users to connect to each other.
- Compliant with Windows XP's restrictions on the TCP stack imposed by Service Pack 2.
- Block IPs temporarily or permanently. Fully compatible with eMule's ipfilter.dat.
- All downloads are received through a single port.
- No manual ICS or ICF configuration required. (Windows XP Required)
- Automatically configures UPnP (Universal Plug and Play) compatible routers for optimal performance (Windows XP is required)
- Can find peers from more than one source.
- Supports the UTF-8 character set.
- Automatically checks for new versions.
- 35 languages are supported.
- Support for eDonkey (Beta version only)
[edit] Criticisms
The current stable releases of BitLord (up to version 1.1) are based on the source code of version 0.56 of the BitComet core. Because of this, certain bugs that have been resolved in later versions of BitComet are still prevalent in BitLord. BitLord has also been criticized for what some[who?] perceive as "selfish behavior" and is blocked by some BitTorrent Trackers. In 2007, BitLord 2.0 Beta supposedly resolved these issues and added eDonkey support.[1] The beta version is no longer available from the BitLord website, though installers hosted on other servers still work.
The original release was created by 15 year old Bulgarian/English amateur programmer, Sam Jay Heaton. He later went on to sell the program so he could concentrate more on his school work and other projects.
The only major changes in releases of BitLord prior to version 2.0 were the addition of advertisements into the BitLord interface and the replacement of BitComet's list of BitTorrent sites with a search box that leads to the websites of BitLord affiliates.[citation needed] BitLord 1.1 added the WhenU adware program.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ http://torrentfreak.com/bitlord-v2-released-now-supports-edonkey/
- ^ http://www.siteadvisor.com/sites/bitlord.com retrieved Oct 3, 2009
[edit] External links
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
