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Asked: 2026-05-24T15:51:58+00:00

What does the ‘v’ key value correspond to in Bittorrent Mainline DHT (MDHT) responses?

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What does the 'v' key value correspond to in Bittorrent Mainline DHT (MDHT) responses?

Here’s an example buncoded response:

{'y': b'r', 
 'r': {'id': b'\x9d\x97\xb5\x8cJ\x8c#\xf4PF\xe3|\xf3\t\xbb#\xdaj\\\xdc'},
 't': b'7/',
 'v': b'UT[\xf9'}

I can’t find this key documented anywhere.

Here are my current sources on the protocol:

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  1. Editorial Team

    'v' indicates the client name and version (according to this)

    UT: uTorrent
LT: libtorrent
MO: Mono Torrent
...etc

    A more complete list of client identifiers can be found here

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