https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oink%27s_Pink_PalaceOink's Pink Palace (frequently stylized as OiNK) was a prominent BitTorrent tracker which operated from 2004 to 2007. Following a two-year investigation by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) and the British Phonographic Industry (BPI), the site was shut down on 23 October 2007, by British and Dutch police agencies. These music industry organisations described OiNK as an "online pirate pre-release music club", whereas former users described it as one of the world's largest and most meticulously maintained online music repositories. About a month before the shut-down, music magazine Blender elected OiNK's creator, British software engineer Alan Ellis, to their The Powergeek 25 — the Most Influential People in Online Music list. Alan Ellis was tried for conspiracy to defraud at Teesside Crown court, the first person in the UK to be prosecuted for illegal file-sharing, and found not guilty on 15 January 2010.
Web address OiNK.cd or OiNK.me.uk
Slogan Because 'moo' just doesn't sound right.
Type of site Private BitTorrent tracker
Registration Free, Invitation only
Owner Alan Ellis (aka Oink)
Created by Oink (Modified TBSource)
Launched 30 May 2004[1]
Revenue Voluntary donations
Current status Tracker forcibly shut down
https://torrentfreak.com/oink-admin-found-not-guilty-walks-free-100115/“21 million downloads. 600,000-plus albums. £300,000. This was a cash cow, it was perfectly designed to profit him and it was as dishonest as the day is long,” said Makepeace.
(apologize for the cache, otherwise a PDF download):
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:GLAhO7IReggJ:www.business.gov.au/grants-and-assistance/Collaboration/CRC/CRC%2520Submissions/Panopticrypt%2520Pty%2520Ltd.docx+&cd=2&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=usTHE WAY FORWARD
Focus on CRC’s in which the industry can adopt the research outcomes.
No public good CRC’s
No Researcher control
Build on existing research both domestically and internationally not on new science
Increase funding to CRC’s to increase critical mass
Reduce centre management costs. Too much of CRC grant goes towards CRC management
Ensure there is a path to market
Fund bids
Alan Ellis
The relevant part is the author's name, Alan Ellis. The question is who owns Panopticrypt Pty Ltd.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craig_Steven_WrightWright was the CEO of the technology firm Hotwire Preemptive Intelligence Group (Hotwire PE), which planned to launch Denariuz Bank, the world's first Bitcoin-based bank, though it encountered regulatory difficulties with the Australian Tax Office and failed in 2014. Wright is the founder of cryptocurrency company DeMorgan Ltd., which received $54 million in tax incentives via AusIndustry. He is also the founder of the cybersecurity and computer forensics company Panopticrypt Pty Ltd.
Is it possible that that's why Alan Ellis had to keep his identity a secret because he was under investigation at the time? Also, could Alan have borrowed the 21 million download figure for the maximum number of bitcoins that would eventually be created?
Full disclosure: I'm currently under the weather and have been known in the past to post some crazy shit even when I'm not sick.
I think you're right... not about this but about a lot of other things.
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