Why it matters here
P2P exposes your IP to every other peer in the swarm, and long transfers mean any brief disconnect is a leak with your address attached to it. Speed matters, but consistency matters more — a connection that averages well but stalls every few minutes will fail a multi-gigabyte transfer.
What to look for
- P2P explicitly allowed, not merely tolerated
- A kill switch tested under real disconnects
- Port forwarding, if your client needs it
- Unlimited bandwidth
- No per-connection speed cap
One thing people get wrong
Test the kill switch before you trust it: start a transfer, then disable your network adapter. If traffic continues for even a second on your real IP, that switch is decoration.
