You can think of Bitblast as a browser based torrent client. It lets you save, download, and stream torrents all without leaving your web browser.
Bitblast uses cloud technologies to fetch torrents securely on your behalf and serve them to you.
The torrent protocol cannot be implemented directly in the browser so it requires having a server component to be able to fetch the pieces of the files. Scaling and keeping these servers running is not cheap.
There are a number of advantages of Bitblast over traditional torrent clients.
All traffic is encrypted and secure
You do not have to worry about your internet service provider sniffing your traffic or throttling/rate limiting your connection.
It is faster
By doing the heavy lifting on the server side we are able to utilize very fast networks with speeds that you won't usually be able to achieve using a traditional internet connection in your home.
It is convenient
Typically people spend a lot of time using web browsers. It is always a hassle to have to download/install/learn new software on your computer. In a web browser you can use it as part of your regular workflow without thinking about it.
It can start playing audio and video before the download is complete
It is common to have to download an entire video (and possibly convert it to a different format) before you are able to play it back when using traditional torrent clients.
Bitblast allows you to start playing back an audio file or video before it has finished downloading. It streams the content directly from the torrent file, and in some cases, transcodes the video on the fly so that it will be playable in your browser.
In order to request a torrent you have to first find a link to a torrent file or a magnet uri and then paste it into the textbox on the homepage after you log in.
After that you will see a list of information and files related to that torrent. From there there will be options to select files, download them, or view them in the browser.
Bitblast itself is not a torrent search engine. It can only obtain torrents on your behalf after you already have a URL.
We do not store any files permanently. When you request a file it is streamed to you from one of our servers to your browser. It is cached on disk for a short period of time and then removed.
No. When you request something it is served to you directly. There are no logs on the server about requests or where they came from.
Anything you save or watch is stored encrypted in our database using ECIES (Elyptical Curve Integrated Encryption Scheme) and 256-bit AES keys. Only you are capable of decrypting your data.