{"id":30552,"date":"2020-10-22T20:21:40","date_gmt":"2020-10-22T17:21:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=30552"},"modified":"2025-08-27T22:52:59","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T19:52:59","slug":"bittorrent-to-acquire-the-dlive-streaming-platform-and-create-a-unified-ecosystem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/bittorrent-to-acquire-the-dlive-streaming-platform-and-create-a-unified-ecosystem\/","title":{"rendered":"BitTorrent to acquire the DLive streaming platform and create a unified ecosystem"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The BitTorrent protocol developer announced plans to acquire the live-streaming platform DLive. The company intends to unite all of its related services into a single ecosystem, BitTorrent X.<!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Whoa!<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BitTorrent?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@BitTorrent<\/a> today announced the acquisition of live streaming platform, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OfficialDLive?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@OfficialDLive<\/a> and plans to migrate all of their services to one unified ecosystem named BitTorrent X powered by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BTT?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BTT<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TRX?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TRX<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BitTorrentX?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BitTorrentX<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WdBDbLYJkS\">https:\/\/t.co\/WdBDbLYJkS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 TRON Foundation (@Tronfoundation) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Tronfoundation\/status\/1319294732007174144?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 22, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>According to the statement, the new ecosystem will provide in a single infrastructure support:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>decentralized data storage (BTFS);<\/li>\n<li>content distribution (BitTorrent);<\/li>\n<li>video streaming (DLive).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>All BitTorrent X services will run on the BTT token.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cBitTorrent X is the next step in creating a truly decentralised Internet,\u201d said Tron founder and BitTorrent CEO Justin Sun.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>TRON and BitTorrent plan to provide more details about the future ecosystem during an interactive event in November.<\/p>\n<p>In December 2019, DLive entered into a strategic partnership with BitTorrent, under which it migrated to the Tron blockchain and integrated BTT.<\/p>\n<p>Justin Sun acquired BitTorrent in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, Bram Cohen <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/bittorrent-founder-justin-sun-is-exactly-the-sort-of-scoundrel-the-media-say-he-is\">stated<\/a> that he had only recently received from Sun most of the sale price for the company, and that it was less than agreed.<\/p>\n<p>Follow Forklog news on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/forklog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"> Facebook<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The BitTorrent protocol developer announced plans to acquire the DLive streaming platform. 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