How do I know what tracker addresses to add?

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How do I know what tracker addresses to add?

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I created a new torrent using uTorrent and it asks me for Trackers. Do I really need to add trackers? If so, how do I know what tracker IDs to add to my torrent and where can I get necessary tracker IDs?
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Re: How do I know what tracker addresses to add?

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Most likely you'd want to add a tracker, it is not necessary however, if you want to create a torrent without a tracker or, "going trackerless" as it's commonly called you would somewhat act as the tracker yourself as you upload but you would have to give people the torrent file in some way. At least if you use a tracker and upload it to an index site it will take care of hosting the torrent file for you.

Look at the following page for ideas on trackers to use under the section about "open trackers" these are ones that people can use mostly without having to join a site or have permission to upload. It also gives a good general explanation of what a tracker does.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BitTorrent_tracker
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