RSBT uses BitTorrent Enhancement Proposals (BEPs): http://bittorrent.org/beps/bep_0000.html
| BEP | Description |
|---|---|
| 0003 | The BitTorrent Protocol Specification |
| 0015 | UDP Tracker Protocol for BitTorrent |
| 0023 | Tracker Returns Compact Peer Lists |
| BEP | Description |
|---|---|
| 0005 | DHT Protocol |
| 0006 | Fast Extension |
| 0009 | Extension for Peers to Send Metadata Files |
| 0010 | Extension Protocol |
| 0011 | Peer Exchange (PEX) |
| 0012 | Multitracker Metadata Extension |
| 0014 | Local Service Discovery |
| 0019 | WebSeed - HTTP/FTP Seeding (GetRight style) |
| 0027 | Private Torrents |
| 0029 | uTorrent transport protocol |
| 0055 | Holepunch extension |
This process is a loop to react on download events, select new blocks for download and update counters.
Each peer is running its own processing stream.