diff --git a/BencodeNET/Torrents/Torrent.cs b/BencodeNET/Torrents/Torrent.cs
index eead9c5afe..2f49b4f8f9 100644
--- a/BencodeNET/Torrents/Torrent.cs
+++ b/BencodeNET/Torrents/Torrent.cs
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using BencodeNET.Exceptions;
 using BencodeNET.Objects;
+using BencodeNET.Torrents.Validation;
 
 namespace BencodeNET.Torrents
 {
@@ -17,6 +18,11 @@ namespace BencodeNET.Torrents
     /// </summary>
     public class Torrent : BObject
     {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Number of bytes a piece has
+        /// </summary>
+        private const int PIECE_NUMBER_OF_BYTES = 20;
+
         /// <summary>
         ///
         /// </summary>
@@ -173,20 +179,37 @@ public virtual string DisplayNameUtf8
         public virtual long PieceSize { get; set; }
 
         // TODO: Split into list of 20-byte hashes and rename to something appropriate?
+        /// <summary>
+        /// A list of all 20-byte SHA1 hash values (one for each piece).
+        /// </summary>
+        public List<byte[]> Pieces
+        {
+            get
+            {
+                var pieces = new List<byte[]>();
+                for (int i = 0; i < PiecesConcatenated.Length; i += PIECE_NUMBER_OF_BYTES)
+                {
+                    var piece = new byte[PIECE_NUMBER_OF_BYTES];
+                    Array.Copy(PiecesConcatenated, i, piece, 0, PIECE_NUMBER_OF_BYTES);
+                    pieces.Add(piece);
+                }
+                return pieces;
+            }
+        }
 
         /// <summary>
         /// A concatenation of all 20-byte SHA1 hash values (one for each piece).
-        /// Use <see cref="PiecesAsHexString"/> to get/set this value as a hex string instead.
+        /// Use <see cref="PiecesConcatenatedAsHexString"/> to get/set this value as a hex string instead.
         /// </summary>
-        public virtual byte[] Pieces { get; set; } = new byte[0];
+        public virtual byte[] PiecesConcatenated { get; set; } = new byte[0];
 
         /// <summary>
-        /// Gets or sets <see cref="Pieces"/> from/to a hex string (without dashes), e.g. 1C115D26444AEF2A5E936133DCF8789A552BBE9F[...].
+        /// Gets or sets <see cref="PiecesConcatenated"/> from/to a hex string (without dashes), e.g. 1C115D26444AEF2A5E936133DCF8789A552BBE9F[...].
         /// The length of the string must be a multiple of 40.
         /// </summary>
-        public virtual string PiecesAsHexString
+        public virtual string PiecesConcatenatedAsHexString
         {
-            get => BitConverter.ToString(Pieces).Replace("-", "");
+            get => BitConverter.ToString(PiecesConcatenated).Replace("-", "");
             set
             {
                 if (value?.Length % 40 != 0)
@@ -195,14 +218,14 @@ public virtual string PiecesAsHexString
                 if (Regex.IsMatch(value, "[^0-9A-F]"))
                     throw new ArgumentException("Value must only contain hex characters (0-9 and A-F) and only uppercase.");
 
-                var bytes = new byte[value.Length/2];
+                var bytes = new byte[value.Length / 2];
                 for (var i = 0; i < bytes.Length; i++)
                 {
-                    var str = $"{value[i*2]}{value[i*2+1]}";
+                    var str = $"{value[i * 2]}{value[i * 2 + 1]}";
                     bytes[i] = Convert.ToByte(str, 16);
                 }
 
-                Pieces = bytes;
+                PiecesConcatenated = bytes;
             }
         }
 
@@ -232,10 +255,23 @@ public virtual long TotalSize
         /// <summary>
         /// The total number of file pieces.
         /// </summary>
-        public virtual int NumberOfPieces => Pieces != null
-            ? (int) Math.Ceiling((double) Pieces.Length / 20)
+        public virtual int NumberOfPieces => PiecesConcatenated != null
+            ? (int)Math.Ceiling((double)PiecesConcatenated.Length / 20)
             : 0;
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Verify integrity of the torrent content versus existing data
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="path">Either a folder path in multi mode or a file path in single mode</param>
+        /// <param name="options">Validation options. Null means the dafault options</param>
+        /// <returns></returns>
+        [System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis.SuppressMessage("Usage", "VSTHRD111:Use ConfigureAwait(bool)", Justification = "<Pending>")]
+        public async virtual Task<bool> ValidateExistingDataAsync(string path, ValidationOptions options = null)
+        {
+            var validator = new Validator(this, options);
+            return await validator.ValidateExistingDataAsync(path);
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Converts the torrent to a <see cref="BDictionary"/>.
         /// </summary>
@@ -284,10 +320,10 @@ protected virtual BDictionary CreateInfoDictionary(Encoding encoding)
             var info = new BDictionary();
 
             if (PieceSize > 0)
-                info[TorrentInfoFields.PieceLength] = (BNumber) PieceSize;
+                info[TorrentInfoFields.PieceLength] = (BNumber)PieceSize;
 
-            if (Pieces?.Length > 0)
-                info[TorrentInfoFields.Pieces] = new BString(Pieces, encoding);
+            if (PiecesConcatenated?.Length > 0)
+                info[TorrentInfoFields.Pieces] = new BString(PiecesConcatenated, encoding);
 
             if (IsPrivate)
                 info[TorrentInfoFields.Private] = (BNumber)1;
diff --git a/BencodeNET/Torrents/TorrentParser.cs b/BencodeNET/Torrents/TorrentParser.cs
index 2fde44558c..fde88df3e0 100644
--- a/BencodeNET/Torrents/TorrentParser.cs
+++ b/BencodeNET/Torrents/TorrentParser.cs
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ protected Torrent CreateTorrent(BDictionary data)
             {
                 IsPrivate = info.Get<BNumber>(TorrentInfoFields.Private) == 1,
                 PieceSize = info.Get<BNumber>(TorrentInfoFields.PieceLength),
-                Pieces = info.Get<BString>(TorrentInfoFields.Pieces)?.Value.ToArray() ?? new byte[0],
+                PiecesConcatenated = info.Get<BString>(TorrentInfoFields.Pieces)?.Value.ToArray() ?? new byte[0],
 
                 Comment = data.Get<BString>(TorrentFields.Comment)?.ToString(encoding),
                 CreatedBy = data.Get<BString>(TorrentFields.CreatedBy)?.ToString(encoding),
diff --git a/BencodeNET/Torrents/Validation/ValidationData.cs b/BencodeNET/Torrents/Validation/ValidationData.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..30a8edcd2d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/BencodeNET/Torrents/Validation/ValidationData.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Text;
+
+namespace BencodeNET.Torrents.Validation
+{
+    class ValidationData
+    {
+        public bool isValid;
+        public int piecesValidated;
+        public long remainder;
+        public byte[] buffer;
+        public bool validateRemainder;
+
+        public ValidationData(long bufferSize, bool validateReminder)
+        {
+            piecesValidated = 0;
+            isValid = false;
+            remainder = 0;
+            buffer = new byte[bufferSize];
+            this.validateRemainder = validateReminder;
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/BencodeNET/Torrents/Validation/ValidationOptions.cs b/BencodeNET/Torrents/Validation/ValidationOptions.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1148920484
--- /dev/null
+++ b/BencodeNET/Torrents/Validation/ValidationOptions.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Text;
+
+namespace BencodeNET.Torrents.Validation
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Options for torrent file(s) validation
+    /// </summary>
+    public class ValidationOptions
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// What percentage validated is considered as valid torrent existing data
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <remarks>>=1 = 100%, 0.95 = 95%. Only valid with torrent in MultiFile mode.</remarks>
+        public double Tolerance { get; set; } = 1;
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// 
+        /// </summary>
+        public static readonly ValidationOptions DefaultOptions = new ValidationOptions();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/BencodeNET/Torrents/Validation/Validator.cs b/BencodeNET/Torrents/Validation/Validator.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0c7492f470
--- /dev/null
+++ b/BencodeNET/Torrents/Validation/Validator.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,155 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Security.Cryptography;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using System.Linq;
+
+namespace BencodeNET.Torrents.Validation
+{
+    class Validator
+    {
+        private readonly Torrent torrent;
+        private readonly ValidationOptions options;
+        private readonly HashAlgorithm sha1 = SHA1.Create();
+
+        // Shorthand helpers
+        private TorrentFileMode FileMode => torrent.FileMode;
+        private MultiFileInfoList Files => torrent.Files;
+        private long PieceSize => torrent.PieceSize;
+        private int NumberOfPieces => torrent.NumberOfPieces;
+        private List<byte[]> Pieces => torrent.Pieces;
+
+        public Validator(Torrent torrent, ValidationOptions options)
+        {
+            this.options = options ?? ValidationOptions.DefaultOptions;
+            this.torrent = torrent;
+
+            // Ensure options are appropriate toward the current torrent
+            if (this.torrent.FileMode == TorrentFileMode.Single || this.options.Tolerance > 1)
+            {
+                this.options.Tolerance = 1;
+            }
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Verify integrity of the torrent content versus existing data
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="path">either a folder path in multi mode or a file path in single mode</param>
+        /// <returns></returns>
+        [System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis.SuppressMessage("Usage", "VSTHRD111:Use ConfigureAwait(bool)", Justification = "<Pending>")]
+        public async virtual Task<bool> ValidateExistingDataAsync(string path)
+        {
+            var isDirectory = Directory.Exists(path);
+            var isFile = System.IO.File.Exists(path);
+            if (String.IsNullOrEmpty(path))
+            {
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            if (isDirectory && FileMode != TorrentFileMode.Multi)
+            {
+                throw new ArgumentException("The path represents a directory but the torrent is not set as a multi mode");
+            }
+            else if (isFile && FileMode != TorrentFileMode.Single)
+            {
+                throw new ArgumentException("The path represents a file but the torrent is not set as a single mode");
+            }
+            else if (!isFile && !isDirectory)
+            {
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            var validation = new ValidationData(PieceSize, false);
+            if (isFile)
+            {
+                validation = await ValidateExistingFileAsync(new System.IO.FileInfo(path));
+            }
+            else if (isDirectory)
+            {
+                validation.isValid = true;
+                var piecesOffset = 0;
+                for (int i = 0; i < Files.Count && piecesOffset < NumberOfPieces; i++)
+                {
+                    var previousRemainder = validation.remainder;
+                    validation.validateRemainder = (i + 1) == Files.Count;
+                    var file = new FileInfo(Path.Combine(path, Files.DirectoryName, Files[i].FullPath));
+                    validation = await ValidateExistingFileAsync(file, piecesOffset, validation);
+                    if (!validation.isValid && options.Tolerance == 1)
+                    {
+                        break;
+                    }
+
+                    validation.remainder = (Files[i].FileSize + previousRemainder) % PieceSize; // Set again the remainder in case the file was not existing or partially good
+                    piecesOffset += (int)((Files[i].FileSize + previousRemainder) / PieceSize);
+                }
+            }
+
+            return ((double)validation.piecesValidated / (double)NumberOfPieces) >= options.Tolerance;
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Validate integrity of an existing file
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="file">file to validate</param>
+        /// <returns></returns>
+        [System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis.SuppressMessage("Usage", "VSTHRD111:Use ConfigureAwait(bool)", Justification = "<Pending>")]
+        private async Task<ValidationData> ValidateExistingFileAsync(FileInfo file)
+        {
+            return await ValidateExistingFileAsync(file, 0, new ValidationData(PieceSize, true));
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Validate integrity of an existing file
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="file">file to validate</param>
+        /// <param name="piecesOffset">next piece index to validate</param>
+        /// <param name="validation">current validation data</param>
+        /// <remarks>Based on https://raw.githubusercontent.com/eclipse/ecf/master/protocols/bundles/org.eclipse.ecf.protocol.bittorrent/src/org/eclipse/ecf/protocol/bittorrent/TorrentFile.java</remarks>
+        /// <returns></returns>
+        [System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis.SuppressMessage("Usage", "VSTHRD111:Use ConfigureAwait(bool)", Justification = "<Pending>")]
+        private async Task<ValidationData> ValidateExistingFileAsync(FileInfo file, int piecesOffset, ValidationData validation)
+        {
+            if (!file.Exists)
+            {
+                validation.isValid = false;
+                return validation;
+            }
+
+            int piecesIndex = piecesOffset, bytesRead = (int)validation.remainder;
+            using (var stream = file.OpenRead())
+            {
+                while ((bytesRead += await stream.ReadAsync(validation.buffer, (int)validation.remainder, (int)(PieceSize - validation.remainder))) == PieceSize)
+                {
+                    var isFileTooLarge = piecesIndex >= NumberOfPieces;
+                    var isPieceNotMatching = !isFileTooLarge && !Pieces[piecesIndex].SequenceEqual(sha1.ComputeHash(validation.buffer)) && options.Tolerance == 1;
+                    if (isFileTooLarge || isPieceNotMatching)
+                    {
+                        validation.isValid = false;
+                        return validation;
+                    }
+
+                    validation.piecesValidated++;
+                    piecesIndex++;
+                    bytesRead = 0;
+                    validation.remainder = 0;
+                }
+            }
+
+            validation.remainder = bytesRead;
+            if (!validation.validateRemainder || validation.remainder == 0)
+            {
+                validation.isValid = true;
+                return validation;
+            }
+
+            byte[] lastBuffer = new byte[validation.remainder];
+            Array.Copy(validation.buffer, lastBuffer, bytesRead);
+
+            validation.isValid = Pieces[piecesIndex].SequenceEqual(sha1.ComputeHash(lastBuffer));
+            validation.piecesValidated += (validation.isValid ? 1 : 0);
+
+            return validation;
+        }
+    }
+}