Coders: Win Your Share of $100,000 in Bitcoin!
Those familiar with torrents will undoubtedly be aware of - what was generally considered the king of the peer-to-peer space - Pirate Bay. Those familiar with Pirate Bay will also undoubtedly be familiar with the fact that the company was shut down during the latter half of last year. Further, those familiar with the shooting down of Pirate Bay will also be familiar with the process of trawling the net for a decent proxy. Cue OldPirateBay.org. OldPirateBay.org has quickly become the go to proxy for wondering torrenters everywhere, having grown to more than 1 million users a day. Who runs....
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