BitTorrent

1. What Is BitTorrent (BTT)? BitTorrent is a decentralized infrastructure ecosystem spanning peer-to-peer content distribution, decentralized computing, and blockchain scaling and settlement. Its origins date back to the BitTorrent file-sharing protocol released in 2001, and it became part of the TRON ecosystem in 2018. Following its October 2026 brand upgrade, BitTorrent serves as the unified primary brand for three core products: BitTorrent, the P2P content distribution network; BTTInferGrid, the decentralized AI inference compute network; and BitTorrent Chain (BTTC), the scaling and settlement network. BTT is the ecosystem’s utility token, supporting resource payments, gas fees, node incentives, staking, and governance. 2. How Does BTT Work? BTT serves as the common economic medium across the BitTorrent ecosystem, connecting resource consumption with payments and participant incentives. In BitTorrent Speed, users can spend BTT to incentivize faster downloads and earn BTT by contributing upload bandwidth. BTTInferGrid uses BTT for service settlement and rewards for computing contributions, with verification mechanisms assessing task results. On BTTC, BTT is the native token used to pay gas fees, stake with validators, earn staking rewards, and participate in governance. BitTorrent also allocates 100% of revenue from its decentralized services to quarterly BTT buybacks and burns, linking ecosystem business activity with the removal of tokens from circulation.