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Interested users can connect to BTFS by installing a node. Future plans including packaging BTFS with the BT Client, so that BT Client users will have the option of installing and starting a BTFS Daemon. Once launched, the BTFS daemon connects to the network via the bootstrap nodes, deployed on instances across the world.

Both. BTFS is a file system encompassing the dual nature of storage and transfer. Users can ensure some storage persistency by pinning their files to their BTFS nodes. When other nodes in the network request the file, that file duplicates via the requesting nodes. BTFS also allows the efficient and secure transfer of files between nodes located across regions. This makes BTFS an ideal choice in file transfer.

While the file transfer performance of using BTFS is comparable to other centralized services, BTFS has the added guarantee of secure P2P transfers. Centralized file storage repositories could potentially be compromised, leading to confidential files being exposed, stolen, or corrupted.

You can find the BTFS developer’s documentation at docs.btfs.io. There, you will find comprehensive API references, daemon setup instructions, common operations, BTFS features, and command line interface commands.

If enabled, BTFS can be disabled at any time via the BT Client by going to Options → Preferences, un-checking the Enable BTFS box, and hitting ‘Apply’. Alternatively, shutting down the BT Client also shuts down BTFS.

You can clear your BTFS cache by deleting the file blocks located under the directory C: → Users → btfs → .btfs → blocks.

As with any running process, BTFS requires some resource usage. Due to the nature of DHT requests, there may be some moderate memory usage. If you wish to reset the memory usage, you can reset BTFS via the Preferences dialog by disabling and then enabling it. Additionally the DHT network requests may cause mild bandwidth usage increase.

There are two ways to remove the BTFS binary. Manually remove the binary by removing the file contents of C: → Users → btfs → AppData → Roaming → BitTorrent → btfs. Alternatively, completely uninstalling the BitTorrent Client will automatically remove the BTFS binary as well.

BTFS is a fork of IPFS. However, BTFS hosts a variety of unique features. For example, BTFS has native support for both file removal and file encryption/decryption. This allows users to easily remove illegal or copyrighted material on their nodes as well as securely transfer and store files. BTFS is also uniquely integrated with the TRON blockchain, as users can initiate nodes via wallets that support TRON.