What is µTorrent's µTP (aka uTorrent uTP)?

µTP is a new lightweight BitTorrent protocol used by µTorrent starting in µTorrent version 2.0 – it makes incredibly efficient use of network bandwidth while reducing network problems.

1. µTP works to maximize network throughput while reducing network latency and congestion – it is designed to slow itself down when the network is overloaded (when sending and receiving would only make things worse!) – the result is a win-win of faster downloads for users with lower network impact for both users and ISPs
2. µTP is user-friendly within a home network, so one computer using µTorrent will not consume the whole network for itself
3. µTP is an open protocol in the process of being standardized – learn more about standardization of µTP on bittorrent.org and at the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)
4. µTP can get through most firewalls and NATs leading to far greater peer connectivity and faster download completion

Find more information on our blog:

• Changing the game with µTP
• Visualizing µTP
• Testing µTP – is µTP actually faster than regular BitTorrent?
• µTorrent v2.0 stable release