EXeem
defunct peer-to-peer file sharing client
eXeem was a peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing client using the BitTorrent protocol. eXeem was designed to replace the need for centralized trackers (servers which co-ordinate the transfer of metadata across a BitTorrent network). It largely failed to achieve this goal, and the project was canceled and eXeem's network was shut down by the end of 2005.
eXeem was written in C++ using the open source libtorrent library for its BitTorrent functionality.
Overview
eXeem was created by Swarm Systems Inc. which is located in Saint Kitts and Nevis. The company employed Andrej Preston, the founder of Suprnova.org, as its spokesperson and public face of eXeem. Five thousand Suprnova.org users were selected to take part in a private beta test of eXeem before the public beta was released on January 21, 2005.
eXeem's developers expected to implement the following features:
On-the-fly encryption and decryption
Searching by file hash
Quality of service features
Proper Universal Plug and Play-support
User comments & ratings, but only when the file has been downloaded (to prevent fake ratings)
Minimum limited upload rate (5 kB/s) to stop leechers.
Criticism
Criticism of eXeem arose soon after it debuted and included:
eXeem's for-profit operating model, including support through advertising (much akin to Kazaa) and a public beta that included HTML ads supported by Cydoor, which is widely considered to be spyware.
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