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BitTornado
{{Infobox Software
| logo                   = 
| screenshot             = [[File:Bittornado screenshot showing use of IEC and SI prefixes.png|250px]]
| caption                = BitTornado
| developer              = John Hoffman, a.k.a. Shad0w
| released               = ?
| frequently_updated     = yes<!-- Release version update? Don't edit this page, just click on the version number! -->
| programming language   = [[Python (programming language)|Python]]
(contracted; show full)
* detailed information about connections to other peers;
* [[Universal Plug and Play|UPnP]] Port Forwarding (Universal Plug and Play);
* [[IPv6]] support ([[Operating system|OS]] support required);
* PE/MSE support as of version 0.3.18.

[[Super seeding]] mode and web seeding were originally developed by the BitTornado group.

It is programmed using [[Python (programming language)|Python]], for platform independence. Due to this, it can be used server-side on [[
Server (computing)|server]]s which support python applications, without having root access. [[Torrentflux]] is a popular [[PHP]] front-end for BitTornado<ref>
{{Cite web
| url=http://torrentflux.com/
| title=TorrentFlux Homepage
| accessdate= 2008-10-12
| year=2008
| author=TorrentFlux.com
}}
</ref>, but because of its nature being inherently resource-intense, most [[Shared web hosting service|shared web hosts]] block such scripts.

BitTornado developer John Hoffman decided to ban [[BitComet]] users from accessing his client as he claims it exploits super-seeds.
<ref name="TorrentFreak">
{{Cite web
| url=http://torrentfreak.com/bittornado-bans-all-bitcomet-users/
| title=BitTornado Bans All BitComet Users
| accessdate= 2007-01-07
| year=2007
| author=TorrentFreak.com
}}
</ref>

The BitTorrent client ''[[ABC (Yet Another BitTorrent Client)|ABC]]'' is based on BitTornado.

== See also ==
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* [[Comparison of BitTorrent software]]

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* [http://www.bittornado.com/ BitTornado Home Page]
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[[Category:Free BitTorrent clients]]
[[Category:Free software programmed in Python]]

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