# Transfer / Announce protocol
**URL:** https://forum.syncthing.net/t/transfer-announce-protocol/2207
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [March 25, 2015, 6:52am UTC](https://forum.syncthing.net/t/transfer-announce-protocol/2207 "2015-03-25T06:52:17Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@sirlancelot](https://forum.syncthing.net/u/sirlancelot)
#### Post date: [March 25, 2015, 6:52am UTC](https://forum.syncthing.net/t/transfer-announce-protocol/2207/1 "2015-03-25T06:52:17Z")
I’m curious about the technical details of the transfer protocol. Does it use what most would consider “torrent” protocol.
Asking because torrenting is blocked at my work, preventing me from using BTSync to sync my documents between work, laptop, and home.
Thanks!
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### Author:  [@calmh](https://forum.syncthing.net/u/calmh)
#### Post date: [March 25, 2015, 7:45am UTC](https://forum.syncthing.net/t/transfer-announce-protocol/2207/2 "2015-03-25T07:45:38Z")
The protocol [is documented](https://github.com/syncthing/specs). It is not very similar to the BitTorrent protocol.
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### Author:  [@sirlancelot](https://forum.syncthing.net/u/sirlancelot)
#### Post date: [March 25, 2015, 8:50pm UTC](https://forum.syncthing.net/t/transfer-announce-protocol/2207/3 "2015-03-25T20:50:21Z")
Thanks @calmh this looks very promising!
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.syncthing.net/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 12, 2017, 12:58pm UTC](https://forum.syncthing.net/t/transfer-announce-protocol/2207/4 "2017-05-12T12:58:02Z")