@ricky Thanks for the reply...I found that the SSL announce box was checked...I've been using the system for years...and I can only assume that updates had a default and changed this in the last few weeks or days
My system has been working very well for years...
I looked at the torrents and found they ALL (even years old torrents) now have an "https" tracker with a ".ru" extension BUT the new tracker has a "http" with a ".tw" extension....so all 200 of the active older torrents are now broken...I'm really disappointed and I may try to tackle updating the files...
I grabbed a few new files and they are working as usual...

new and previous downloaded torrents are not working. When I check the tracker status on BitTorrent all of them now show Not Working...I can download the torrent file but thats all...no updates have been added to my mac in weeks...
Things were running normally...
My dashboard even shows 0/0 active shares and downloads...I have over 300 .ru torrent shared...
Please help...
Yes - I am able to download and upload from other torrent sites