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April 23, 2013, 12:56:54 AM
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http://torrentfreak.com/the-pirate-bay-bitcoin-donations-130423

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The Pirate Bay has begun accepting contributions from the public, allowing users to donate exclusively via the P2P crypto-currency Bitcoin. One of the advantages for the operators of the infamous BitTorrent site is that Bitcoin funds can’t easily be seized or traced back to a person. The downside, on the other hand, is that everything that’s sent to a Bitcoin address is public, so the entire world can see how many virtual coins are rolling in.
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April 23, 2013, 05:25:05 AM
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https://blockchain.info/address/1Kqzbv4ekpJX3ohYWGEzMqzvf27VjBux35

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April 23, 2013, 05:54:29 AM
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That is what I call news of the day!  Cheesy
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April 23, 2013, 07:21:42 AM
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Using Bitcoin makes sense for the mysterious and privacy concerned Pirate Bay operators. After all, the crypto-currency can’t be seized by the authorities, nor is it easy to find out who is keeping the bounty.

This is big!
tpb has millions of users.
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April 23, 2013, 07:37:29 AM
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ooohhh what a GOOD day!
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April 23, 2013, 08:35:22 AM
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The downside, on the other hand, is that everything that’s sent to a Bitcoin address is public, so the entire world can see how many virtual coins are rolling in.

Duh.  Had they been willing to hide their income, they could have had the server generate a new address for each HTTP request.
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April 23, 2013, 12:49:13 PM
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TPB is website number 74 in traffic. In the whole internetz! I think this one make one of those "top" lists.

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http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/thepiratebay.se
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April 23, 2013, 05:10:12 PM
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Quote from: WiW on April 23, 2013, 12:49:13 PM
TPB is website number 74 in traffic. In the whole internetz! I think this one make one of those "top" lists.

Alexa is currently down, but:
http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/thepiratebay.se

The Bitcoin Ladder ranks the top 20 in the Bitcoin world for a number of categories........
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April 23, 2013, 05:13:03 PM
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http://torrentfreak.com/the-pirate-bay-bitcoin-donations-130423/
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Update: EZTV (and ezRSS) has also added Bitcoin donations. A trend is emerging.

Update: Standalone trackers OpenBittorrent, PublicBitTorrent and istole have added a Bitcoin address as well. Torrent storage caches Zoink and Torrage have joined in as well.
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April 24, 2013, 11:37:20 AM
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I'm actually surprised it took this long.

Perhaps the timing will be better though.
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April 24, 2013, 11:56:01 AM
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Quote from: kjlimo on April 24, 2013, 11:37:20 AM
I'm actually surprised it took this long.
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April 24, 2013, 12:12:47 PM
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Quote from: flix on April 23, 2013, 05:10:12 PM
Quote from: WiW on April 23, 2013, 12:49:13 PM
TPB is website number 74 in traffic. In the whole internetz! I think this one make one of those "top" lists.

Alexa is currently down, but:
http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/thepiratebay.se

The Bitcoin Ladder ranks the top 20 in the Bitcoin world for a number of categories........
https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Bitcoin_Ladder

can you add eztv.it as number #6 to the list? thank you :-)
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April 24, 2013, 12:23:02 PM
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Instead of getting asics or mining, they will simply accept donations from anyone. Much easier.
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