BitTorrent is the most popular software fan-groups are using to release their anime fansubs and manga scanlations, same as fans are using it to download them. BitTorrent is a peer-to-peer file sharing protocol used for distributing large amounts of data. BitTorrent is one of the most common protocols for transferring large files, and by some estimates it accounted for approximately 35% of all
. traffic on the entire Internet in 2002. The BitTorrent program was developed by Bram Cohen and BitTorrent, Inc. It is a method for delivering content more efficiently to a consumer that enables pieces of content to be simultaneously delivered from more than one distributor.
