Where does eMule keep the credits?

Nor I know if you know that the eMule exchange program works through a system of credits that are obtained from sharing the files that we have stored on our computer. In this way, the more files we share and the more data is transferred from our computer, the more credits we will have.

PBut you may wonder, what are the credits of the eMule servers? Well the answer is very simple but the explanation not so much.

Answer: The more credits you have, the faster you will go up in the download queue, but you will only go up in the waiting queue of the person who first downloaded files from your computer.

Explanation: If you are downloading something with eMule you will know that these files are not stored in some mysterious place but on the computers of other people who like you are sharing their files. Starting from this point, let's see the following:

1º) Suppose your computer is A, and you are downloading a file from computers B, C, and D.

2º) In turn, computer B is downloading a file from your computer A and computer D is downloading a file from computer B.

3º) In this way we can say that your computer is downloading from three computers (B, C and D) and uploading data to only one (B).

4º) As Internet connections have limited bandwidth, we cannot allow everyone to download a file from our computer directly because we would run out of bandwidth. Therefore, what eMule does is create a queue in which the different computers will have to wait for their turn to download. This queue is the waiting list and it is what causes that sometimes we are several days without being able to download a file because the computers that have that file place us very at the end of the waiting list.

5º) This is where the credits we have come into play. Let's look at this new image where computer C does not appear.

Suppose all three computers have uploaded and downloaded the same data. Computer A goes up files to computer B therefore computer A gana credits for sharing. Computer B and D go up files to computer A therefore computers B and D also win credits for sharing. The three computers They have won credits because the three computers They have risen data. It is important that you understand that credits are earned by upload files and not by downloading them.

6º) If computer A, B, and C have earned the same credits, it would be logical to think that when queuing for computer B, computers A and C would have the same preference. But if we look at the following image that is not so.

What happened? If all computers had the same credits, why is computer A ahead of computer D in the download queue?

7º) Here's the thing. Computer A is ahead of D because computer B has downloaded files from computer A but not from D. That is, computers A and B have shared. Computers B and D have not shared, in this case computer B has uploaded files and D has downloaded them but they have not shared files between them.

De here it follows that the credits in eMule are not global. This means that you can have many credits that computer B has given you, but they will not be used for computer D to put you in the queue earlier.

BWell, you might think you don't need to know all of this to use eMule and you're absolutely right. So what is all this for?

TAll this helps you to have two things clear.

First: If you don't share data, no one can download anything from your computer and therefore no one will ever give you credits. Conclusion: you will always be last in download queues.

Second: If you format the computer, even if you later reinstall everything, including eMule, when you try to download something, no one will recognize you as the owner of the credits you had before formatting. It doesn't matter if you've shared a lot or a little, after formatting it's as if you haven't shared anything. Conclusion: after a format you will always be the last in the queue.

DSo even if you share a lot if you format the computer you will run out of credits. Or maybe not?

SIf you notice we still have not responded to the title of this article "Where does eMule keep the credits?". If we knew where the program saves the credits that we accumulate, we would not have to lose them after a format. Sounds interesting right?