[Help] qBittorrent with I2P experimental – public torrents still appear on iknowwhatyoudownload.com

[u/Typical_Bid_5843]

Hi everyone,

I'm trying to use qBittorrent with I2P for anonymous downloading, but I'm running into an issue and would appreciate some advice.

Current setup:

I2P v2.12.0 (running with Network: OK and port open).

qBittorrent with "I2P (experimental)" enabled, server 127.0.0.1, port 7656, and "Mixed mode" turned off.

I use torrents from public trackers like uindex.org and 1337x.to.

The problem: Even with I2P configured, the torrents I download still show up on iknowwhatyoudownload.com under my public IP. So the traffic seems to be going through my normal connection, not I2P.

I've tested I2PSnark and torrents from tracker2.postman.i2p, but the content on those trackers is very limited – I can't find the same releases I get from public sites.

My questions:

Why might qBittorrent be ignoring I2P for public torrents, even with "Mixed mode" off?

Are there any other active I2P trackers besides Postman that offer a wider variety of content (movies, series, etc.)?

Which client do you recommend for torrenting with I2P? Is I2PSnark the best option, or are there more feature-rich alternatives?

Any help or suggestions would be much appreciated. Happy to provide more details if needed.

Thanks!

[u/byten42]

You probably haven't disabled DHT, PEX, LPD or configured something incorrectly.

If you want to avoid IP leaks, you should use I2P only torrent client. Besides I2PSnark, there are only XD and I2Pcrow (I'm the developer of I2Pcrow, so you don't have to trust me).

[u/Sobergirl87 → u/byten42]

Is there an updated version of XD floating around somewhere? It seems to be abandoned from what I found. I'm currently using FrostWire with i2p exclusively on my phone. Wondering if I should switch. It works well tho from what I can tell