To The Core ( TTC ) Review

[Guest 007860]

Here's something I found on another Bittorrent forum. I couldn't find any other information about this very elite topsite-cum-tracker anywhere else.So I take no credit for this whatsoever.

It’s time for some damage control. This will not be a “review”, because TTC is utterly incomparable to torrent sites as we know them at the minute. This will be more a FAQ, put together by an individual within TTC who leans more to and sympathises with the torrenters.

Let’s go…

Some facts about TTC.

* TTC is an experiment.

* TTC stands for "To The Core". The name is self explanatory - TTC exists at the core of the scene.

* TTC has no domain name.

* TTC has no PHP frontend, whatsoever. It never did. You will never see TTC in the form of a web page.



What is TTC?

TTC is a scene topsite bittorrent tracker hybrid. TTC is a fully automated, uniquely scripted topsite that primarily utilises the bittorrent protocol, instead of the FTP protocol.


Where did TTC come from?

TTC originated as a coding experiment by a handful of european FTP siteops known to be affiliated with and suppliers of major torrent sites.

The controversial TTC experiment represented a major step towards inevitable FTP and torrent site integration, a bridging point and hope for mutual understanding between the FTP scene and the private torrent tracker community.


How does TTC work?

The concept is fairly simple.

TTC is raced to like any other topsite. When a release is raced into the TTC gateway server(s) via FTP, scripts automatically create a .torrent file for the release, which is auto’d to several 1000mbit high storage slave servers in various locations around Europe. (namely Sweden, the Netherlands and Germany).

This presents a significant advantage over FTP sites – the topsite has a much wider bandwidth reach. TTC breaks away from the model of topsites existing as closely-knit slaves in the same rack and moves towards a much more open and distributed model, as is the nature of p2p.

Slave servers auto-leech the release from the gateway and of course, from each other. Once the gateway server(s) has hit a fixed ratio, it’s up to the slaves to hold up the swarm and “archive” the release for as long as diskspace allows.

As far as we know, TTC does not have group affiliates.


How is TTC accessed?

TTC is managed and monitored almost entirely via IRC. .torrent files are searched for and downloaded via DCC.

Like other scene site, in order to access TTC, you need to contribute something to TTC. If you pay for a TTC slave, you are designated a fixed number of leech slots, that are yours to split costs with, share with your friends, whatever.

Either way, you are expected to hold up minimum seeding times when leeching to your home computers / local machines.

The exception to the paid-for route is the racing route, though TTC racers keep TTC racing to themselves for obvious reasons. Little is known about the TTC racers or the sites they source from, so there is little point in talking about this further.


If TTC is not a traditional p2p site, why all the hype, fake pages, etc?

Since this is, after all, the internet, you will hear just about everything about TTC. It seems to be everything right now, from an elite torrent tracker with a Russian URL, to being a lie and social experiment, and even to being hidden within FST itself.

Let’s be clear on something – TTC is not and was never meant to be for the torrent community. As explained, TTC is another step in closing the gap between torrents and FTP. As scene sites become more accessible and bittorrent sites become faster and less accessible, there has to be a meeting point at some time down the line. TTC tried to address that meeting point.

This is being carried out by people who are primarily sceners, not torrenters.


Will TTC carry on?

Definitely. Although still in early stages of conception, the TTC experiment has proven to be highly successful. TTC can only grow. If we find that groups are able to release content directly to the powerful servers of TTC, and have their content fed straight to torrent sites, eventually the need for FTP may disappear altogether.

However, thanks to the unanticipated capturing of imaginations that the TTC name has brought to the users of the private tracker community, it is unlikely that TTC will continue to be known as TTC. Although, nick names do tend to stick


Who is on TTC?


TTC is managed by sceners, but certain trusted torrenters already have access. Mainly some of the tracker staff, and uploaders.


Okay okay, I get it. What about me? How can I get on TTC?

At the minute, TTC is much more a topsite than it is a bittorrent community. As such, this general advice can be taken on the matter.

You do not find TTC, TTC finds you.

I hope that helps.

[Guest silver_fox]

thanxx

[Guest JohnDilinger]

They did recruitment on FST a while ago. Well, meh.

[Guest 007860]

That's encouraging to hear.Maybe sometime in the distant future I may join them , who knows ? :)