When I go to http://www.mininova.org/ I sometimes see a link called Azureus magnet link next to the regular torrent link. I downloaded Azureus and clicked on one of these links and Azureus started up and gave me pretty amazing download speed. I'm guessing that's just a fluke and that it is just another way to make availability of files known. It's not usually faster, is it? Below is a cut and paste from Azureus's website about what a magnet link is. Again, central question is: are magnet links faster?
1.1.1 Magnet Links
For torrents that are tracked decentrally, Azureus can export a "Magnet Link". This is of the form "magnet:?xt=urn:btih:..." and can be used to download the torrent from the distributed database via the "open->url" menu item.
1.1.1 Magnet Links
For torrents that are tracked decentrally, Azureus can export a "Magnet Link". This is of the form "magnet:?xt=urn:btih:..." and can be used to download the torrent from the distributed database via the "open->url" menu item.
