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For older/obscure stuff, you can run your own tracker easily enough that scrapes the DHT, although you'll probably burn through an SSD doing it. https://bitmagnet.io is one such self-hosted piece of software.", "context": "", "use_case": "Self-hosted DHT torrent indexer", "switched_from": "", "story": "PlayStation Is Deleting 551 Movies from Customers' Accounts"}, {"id": 777816528, "item_id": 48613533, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48613533", "by": "rustcleaner", "date": "2026-06-20", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I recommend deploying the BitMagnet docker (behind a VPN with assurances it is offline if the VPN cuts out).", "excerpt": "I recommend deploying the BitMagnet docker (behind a VPN with assurances it is offline if the VPN cuts out). 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Didn't expect much, but still somewhat disappointed by the garbage it reeled in.", "context": "", "use_case": "BitTorrent DHT crawler", "switched_from": "", "story": "Crawling BitTorrent DHTs for Fun and Profit [pdf]"}, {"id": 777816528, "item_id": 48613533, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48613533", "by": "rustcleaner", "date": "2026-06-20", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I recommend deploying the BitMagnet docker (behind a VPN with assurances it is offline if the VPN cuts out).", "excerpt": "I recommend deploying the BitMagnet docker (behind a VPN with assurances it is offline if the VPN cuts out). Censorship-free magnet crawling!", "context": "", "use_case": "magnet crawling", "switched_from": "", "story": "VPN ban update for UK households as government looks at 'age-gate'"}]}