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So, basically torrenting but for YT videos. Pretty interesting on the technology side on how you'd handle unstable seeders, because after all it's streamed content, which is different from your regular content you'd get.
Now I realized YT videos buffer anyway.
One could even dedicated a set amount of disk space for sole use of downloading videos automatically that server says they should, which could be algorithmically decided whether it's needed due to high demand (need more seeds) or sort of archiving.
Could be an interesting project, a decentralized youtube "archive".