By The Numbers: Here’s How Much The Pirate Bay’s Bitcoin Donations Are Worth
Popular peer-to-peer file-sharing site The Pirate Bay (TPB) seems like the perfect platform to embrace Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies. For years, the sites have been targeted by companies, copy-right owners, and regulators across the world. Yet, the platform is live and possibly with millions in donations made in Bitcoin, Litecoin, Ethereum, and Monero. These are the […]
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The Pirate Bay has been the world’s most popular torrent web portal for the last eighteen years. Despite a few hiccups during that time, the site remains accessible via mirrors and proxy websites. In addition to remaining online, Pirate Bay has been accepting bitcoin for donations since 2013 acquiring more than $4.5 million worth since then. The Pirate Bay’s Bitcoin Stash Since 2003, when it was founded by the Swedish think tank Piratbyrån, the Pirate Bay has been the most popular, and perhaps the most beloved torrent website in the world. The web portal is basically an....
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