{"id":376443,"date":"2021-12-04T17:00:30","date_gmt":"2021-12-04T14:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/what-is-a-magnet-link-and-how-do-you-use-one\/"},"modified":"2021-12-04T17:00:30","modified_gmt":"2021-12-04T14:00:30","slug":"what-is-a-magnet-link-and-how-do-you-use-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/what-is-a-magnet-link-and-how-do-you-use-one\/","title":{"rendered":"#What Is a Magnet Link, and How Do You Use One?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a26e09b397a5\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a26e09b397a5\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/what-is-a-magnet-link-and-how-do-you-use-one\/#How_Traditional_Torrent_Files_Work\" >How Traditional Torrent Files Work<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/what-is-a-magnet-link-and-how-do-you-use-one\/#What_Is_a_Magnet_Link\" >What Is a Magnet Link?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/what-is-a-magnet-link-and-how-do-you-use-one\/#The_Advantages_of_Magnet_Links\" >The Advantages of Magnet Links<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/what-is-a-magnet-link-and-how-do-you-use-one\/#How_to_Use_a_Magnet_Link\" >How to Use a Magnet Link<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p><strong>&#8220;#What Is a Magnet Link, and How Do You Use One?&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<div>\n<!-- UNCACHED CONTENT --><\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"type:primaryImage wp-image-772209 size-full\" data-pagespeed-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/shutterstock_1474237442.jpg?width=398&amp;trim=1,1&amp;bg-color=000&amp;pad=1,1 400w, https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/shutterstock_1474237442.jpg?width=1198&amp;trim=1,1&amp;bg-color=000&amp;pad=1,1 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, 400w, 1200w\" data-pagespeed-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/shutterstock_1474237442.jpg?width=1198&amp;trim=1,1&amp;bg-color=000&amp;pad=1,1\" alt=\"An illustration of a person holding a magnet.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" data-crediturl=\"https:\/\/www.shutterstock.com\/image-vector\/businessman-giant-magnet-attracting-money-investments-1474237442\" data-credittext=\"astel design\/Shutterstock.com\" src=\"\/pagespeed_static\/1.JiBnMqyl6S.gif\" onload=\"pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\" onerror=\"this.onerror=null;pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"type:primaryImage imagecredit\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shutterstock.com\/image-vector\/businessman-giant-magnet-attracting-money-investments-1474237442\">astel design\/Shutterstock.com<\/a><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>When you last <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">download<\/a>ed a torrent file, you may have been offered a magnet link as an alternative. Magnet links are very different from torrent files and offer some advantages over them that all torrent users should be aware of.<\/p>\n<h2 role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_Traditional_Torrent_Files_Work\"><\/span>How Traditional Torrent Files Work<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>We won\u2019t go into all the details about how BitTorrent works here. But magnet links are an alternative to traditional torrent files. Here\u2019s how traditional torrent files work:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Torrent files don\u2019t contain any data of the files you want to download.<\/li>\n<li>The file contains a list of torrent trackers (if any) that coordinate all the peers participating in the torrent.<\/li>\n<li>It contains information about the files that are being shared, such as their names, sizes, and information needed to do integrity checks on the data.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Torrent files can also contain extended information, such as a DHA (Distributed Hash Table) which allows each peer to act as part of a decentralized tracker network. The DHA is an important concept to remember in the discussion about magnet links.<\/p>\n<h2 role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_Is_a_Magnet_Link\"><\/span>What Is a Magnet Link?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>In essence, a magnet link is simply a string of text. However, there\u2019s a lot of information packed into that string!<\/p>\n<p>A magnet link contains a unique identifier, various parameters depending on the exact nature of the torrent, and, most importantly, a cryptographic hash of the torrent files.<\/p>\n<p>A cryptographic hash is a mathematical algorithm applied to data that results in a short unique string that represents that data. This is useful for torrents because you can hash any two torrents and if they point to exactly the same files, they will have identical hashes.<\/p>\n<p>So, for your torrent client to know who else is part of a given torrent, it simply has to compare the hash in the magnet link to the hashes of torrents that are being shared. Filtering out only those with matching hashes quickly reconstructs the swarm of peers on the network. This is the same method used by the Distributed Hash Table found within \u201ctrackerless\u201d torrents. These are torrents that don\u2019t make use of a central server to coordinate peers and keep track of peers.<\/p>\n<p>A magnet link s<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trip<\/a>s out only this essential information and does away with the rest of the torrent file, since the vast majority of participants in the torrent don\u2019t need that information.<\/p>\n<h2 role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_Advantages_of_Magnet_Links\"><\/span>The Advantages of Magnet Links<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Magnet links are becoming the norm and there are advantages to both torrent providers and torrent users driving this change.<\/p>\n<p>The first big advantage of magnet links is that they are links and not files. This may seem like an unimportant distinction, but files must be hosted and downloaded. Magnet links can be part of a web page just like any hyperlink. Users don\u2019t have to go through the additional step of downloading and opening a file and providers don\u2019t have to bother with a file hosting solution.<\/p>\n<p>Any files downloaded from the internet come with the inherent risk malware, which does not apply to magnet links. Magnet links are also much easier to share. You can email them, send them as a text message or through any popular messaging app.<\/p>\n<p>Magnet links also have a big advantage over the use of torrent trackers. A torrent based on a magnet link hash is incredibly robust. As long as a single seeder remains online, anyone else with the magnet link can find them. Even if none of the original contributors are there. As long as the hash can be made from the torrent files again, existing magnet links will still work.<\/p>\n<h2 role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_to_Use_a_Magnet_Link\"><\/span>How to Use a Magnet Link<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Using a magnet link is as simple as clicking the link on a web page. If you have a magnet link capable BitTorrent client installed, your web browser should prompt you to open the magnet link in your torrent client. You can also copy and paste the link into BitTorrent clients that have an address bar for that purpose.<\/p>\n<p>Once you\u2019ve done that, everything else should happen automatically.<\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED:<\/strong> <strong><em>The Best Alternatives to uTorrent on Windows<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n setTimeout(function(){\n  !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n  {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n  n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n  if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n  n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n  t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n  s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s) } (window, document,'script',\n  'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n   fbq('init', '335401813750447');\n   fbq('track', 'PageView');\n  },3000);\n<\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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