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The ED2K network has been around since 2000 and is still in use today. In this guide, we discuss how to connect to and use the eDonkey2000 (ED2K) and Kademlia (Kad) networks using the file-sharing program eMule. This version can also be downloaded from the main eMule website. This mod is a version faithful to the original but maintained by the eMule project community itself, being today in version 0.51d.

One of the most popular eMule mods is the community officer. The condition, due to the GPL license, is that all of them are free, open source and share the same license (or a more permissive one). This has allowed other communities to create their own versions or mods of eMule by adding or removing features and functions according to their preferences. If we want to download eMule with total security, we must do it from their website. But be very careful, since we do not know if these versions are reliable or may have been modified to hide malware or other threats. There are many websites that offer us the possibility to download eMule. Although this version was launched 10 years ago, today it is still fully functional (even in Windows 10) and all users can use it without problems. The latest version of eMule is the 0.50a. Although it may be more complicated to find certain type of content on this network. At the search and download level, it is the same as the server network. When we are going to download a file from this network, all other nodes that index it are searched, and the transfer automatically begins.

All content shared by all users of the KAD network is available to everyone. This is a fully decentralized network in which each user is a node, without relying on any server.

To end the problems of the servers (for example, before a shutdown or a crash) the KAD network was created. Therefore it is recommended to always use reliable servers. There are fake servers, usually created by companies in favor of copyright, dedicated to collecting user information and subsequently taking legal action. The server may be full or we have the ports closed on the router.