It now stands as the world’s oldest active torrent, with an uptime now spanning a full 20 years.
The result was The Fanimatrix, a 16-minute amateur film just popular enough to have its own Wikipedia page.Īs reported by TorrentFreak, the humble film would unknowingly become a crucial part of torrent history. Their mission? To bring to life a Matrix fan film shot on a shoestring budget. Twenty years ago, in a world dominated by dial-up connections and a fledgling World Wide Web, a group of New Zealand friends embarked on a journey.