bittorent downloads

[thornyone]

can anybody tell me what choked means when using Shareaza to download bittorent files:hammered:

[evilmegaman]

I believe that it means that those peers aren't able to be connected to at the moment.

[thornyone]

ok and thanks

[evilmegaman]

hmmm here's an even better explanation:

Connections contain two bits of state on either end: choked or not, and interested or not. Choking is a notification that no data will be sent until unchoking happens. The reasoning and common techniques behind choking are explained later in this document.