Make .torrent files downloadable (for historical purposes))

[m1t0s1s]

I think that the .torrent should be downloadable so that at least we can see the filenames within the torrent, even if the torrent is dead for many years. Because then the contained filenames can be used to find alternate sources, especially for rarer torrents.

[lustrous]

It's important to remember that sharing .torrent files or any other method of distributing copyrighted material, even if it's just filenames, puts the site at risk of legal action.

The Pirate Bay only hosts magnet links to swarms and does not actually host any of the copyrighted content itself.

A few years ago, I heard that the entire site could be compressed to about 1 GB in size or less, as it primarily consists of text-based content.

[m1t0s1s]

that makes sense, actually. I was wondering about this.

[interuniversal]

If you know the info hash of a torrent use https://btdig.com/ a DHT search engine in order to see the contents of a torrent dead or alive.

Anyway if you want to download the .torrent file of a torrent you can try your luck by visiting a free torrent cache site such as http://thehashden.org/ just by submitting the info hash.

[bubanee]

Smartest thing TPB ever did is stop 'Hosting' .torrents especially ones that could lead to copyright content if you're after the .torry and use uTorrent you can locate it at Options - Preferences - Directories - location of torrents (activate if blank just create a folder...)
(Because utorrent will turn a magnet into a .torrent).... But it will have no trackers but DHT does the trick or use http://torrenteditor.com..