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It's basically just a cheap virtual server running e.g. Deluge or ruTorrent, hosted by a torrent-friendly provider in some country that doesn't give a fuck about DMCA notices. Most don't allow the user to access the underlying Linux system though, but mine does actually give me a root shell.
I'm gonna have to look into deploying another torrent client on the seedbox, besides my current ruTorrent installation. My provider also offers dedicated servers. They're more expensive, but I might go with one so I can seed on the clearnet and I2P. It will probably have enough overhead CPU, RAM and bandwidth, so I can also run a Tor node and maybe IPFS.
I'm assuming your seedbox providers allows you root access to the server? Which provider is this?
I currently use GigaRapid, because they are one of the few providers that let me pay with Monero. If I find a better provider, I might switch though.
Which plan? I used to use them too
Currently on Iridium G10, I was on Gold G10 before, but ran out of storage. It's pretty expensive though, and I'm open for better suggestions. I think the next one I'm gonna try out is AppBox. Unfortunately no XMR, but they offer other crypto currencies such as BTC, ETH, LTC, BCH and others. seedboxes.cc also seems interesting. I'm also looking into getting a dedicated server from seedhost.eu for ~30 EUR/month.
What do you use now?
I still have one of their ECO boxes but it's not doing much. I haven't torrented anything in the last 2 months I think (didn't find a need to).
Ok well the ECO boxes don't really work as a seedbox, as they're highly limited in bandwidth. Even if I don't download anything, I still seed the torrent for others to download it. That's the main purpose of a seedbox I guess. Since your ECO box only really acts as a downloader anyway, wouldn't it be easier and cheaper to just get a VPN for downloading torrents, or a service like RealDebrid?
I do seed stuff (I downloaded a TV show of around 40GB last month and I've been seeding it since). It just keeps seeding at full speed till the time they throttle my bandwidth. Last I checked I was over 7 in ratio for that thing, but whatever. It works out because I don't leech much
I will eventually move to a VPS provider who doesn't mind public torrents (I'll pay through XMR). This seems like a much better idea since my needs have diversified and I'd like everything together on one machine to save costs. There's other ways to use your seedbox too (without root access) and seed stuff that people really need/are deprived of (vague description on purpose).
There aren't many providers where this is the case, that's why I'm looking into getting a cheap dedicated server from an actual seedbox provider. Some have them, e.g. RapidSeedbox and seedhost.eu. RapidSeedbox dedicated servers are really expensive though.
Just find an unit with unmetered bandwidth, why do you need dedi?
This was actually meant as a suggestion for you, since you mentioned that you want to put all of your stuff, including the seedbox, onto one single cloud server (hosted by a provider that allows this), so I recommended to just get a cheap dedicated server from an actual seedbox provider.
Well, you're right. If the provider I have in mind evaporates one day I'll probably have to do that.
Is there any reason why you can't name the provider you have in mind? Perhaps in a DM? I'm just curious ;)
If I say it here I might dox myself. I'd like for it to be a PGP conversation but I'm not quite there yet either (due to personal reasons). Sorry
Would Matrix be fine? You can find my user name in my profile.