To help moderators and other users to know <x id="START_TAG_STRONG" ctype="x-strong" equiv-text="<strong>"/>who you are<x id="CLOSE_TAG_STRONG" ctype="x-strong" equiv-text="</strong>"/>, don't forget to <x id="START_LINK" ctype="x-a" equiv-text="<a class="link-orange" routerLink="/my-account/settings">"/>set up your account profile<x id="CLOSE_LINK" ctype="x-a" equiv-text="</a>"/> by adding an <x id="START_TAG_STRONG" ctype="x-strong" equiv-text="<strong>"/>avatar<x id="CLOSE_TAG_STRONG" ctype="x-strong" equiv-text="</strong>"/> and a <x id="START_TAG_STRONG" ctype="x-strong" equiv-text="<strong>"/>description<x id="CLOSE_TAG_STRONG" ctype="x-strong" equiv-text="</strong>"/>.
PeerTube uses the BitTorrent protocol to share bandwidth between users by default to help lower the load on the server, but ultimately leaves you the choice to switch back to regular streaming exclusively from the server of the video. What follows applies only if you want to keep using the P2P mode of PeerTube.