{"id":81383,"date":"2025-01-30T09:00:43","date_gmt":"2025-01-30T09:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cryptocabaret.com\/?p=81383"},"modified":"2025-01-30T09:00:43","modified_gmt":"2025-01-30T09:00:43","slug":"torrentgalaxy-pleads-financial-difficulties-asks-users-to-chip-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cryptocabaret.com\/?p=81383","title":{"rendered":"TorrentGalaxy Pleads Financial Difficulties, Asks Users to Chip In"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"tgxFounded<\/a> in 2018, TorrentGalaxy has grown to become a leading player in the torrent ecosystem.<\/p>\n

The site was launched by former members of ExtraTorrent, a popular torrent site that had just shut down. The founders of TorrentGalaxy aimed to provide a home for ExtraTorrent \u2018refugees\u2019 but, over time, it evolved into one of the leading torrent sites. <\/p>\n

Earlier this month, the U.S. Trade Representative flagged TorrentGalaxy among the most notorious pirate sites. According to the report<\/a>, the site was one of the main beneficiaries of RARBG\u2019s shutdown in 2023. <\/p>\n

TorrentGalaxy Troubles<\/h2>\n

While TorrentGalaxy remains online today, it has faced considerable downtime after the original team sold the site<\/a> to new operators last year. This change of ownership offered an explanation for the earlier \u2018maintenance<\/a>\u2018 issues, but the site\u2019s troubles didn\u2019t end there.<\/p>\n

Under the new ownership, TorrentGalaxy has faced repeated outages and technical hiccups. Since the site\u2019s operators have remained quiet throughout, the cause of these difficulties remains unclear.<\/p>\n

Last weekend, a message appeared on the site that might shed more light on the matter. Presumably posted by the site\u2019s operators, the notice claims that TorrentGalaxy is in financial dire straits. <\/p>\n

TorrentGalaxy Asks for Donations<\/h2>\n

After purchasing the site from its original founders relatively recently, TorrentGalaxy\u2019s new owners claim that they\u2019re now having trouble paying the server bills. They\u2019re asking users to chip in by donating Bitcoin, Ethereum, or TRX. <\/p>\n

\u201cHello friends, unfortunately torrentgalaxy is in financial difficulties. We ask you to make a small donation towards the server costs,\u201d TorrentGalaxy writes. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Chip In..<\/em><\/center>
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It\u2019s not uncommon for pirate sites to ask users for donations to pay the bills, or to otherwise plead financial hardship. These claims are impossible to verify based on the information provided, but several of the site\u2019s users seem willing to chip in. <\/p>\n

Crypto Rolls In\u2026<\/h2>\n

After just a few days, TorrentGalaxy has already received nearly 90 donations, most in Bitcoin. This is good for roughly $3,000 at the current exchange rate, a healthy amount considering that the target audience consists of pirates. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n

BTC donations<\/em><\/center>
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For comparison, fellow torrent site The Pirate Bay typically receives an average of roughly $10 in donations per day<\/a>. However, they don\u2019t claim financial hardship or prominently \u2018request\u2019 donations.<\/p>\n

For rightsholders, the cryptocurrency addresses will be of interest. They present potential opportunities to \u2018follow the money\u2019 by linking the addresses to actual persons or entities. <\/p>\n

Previously, the authorities were able to seize crypto assets from pirate services that were using centralized exchanges, as opposed to self-custody wallets. While we don\u2019t know if that\u2019s the case here, anti-piracy groups will likely take a closer look. <\/p>\n

Whether TorrentGalaxy\u2019s troubles are resolved by the outpouring of generosity isn\u2019t clear. However, history has shown that once donation drives have proven to be successful, they tend to become a recurring phenomenon. <\/p>\n

From: TF<\/a>, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.<\/p>\n

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Founded in 2018, TorrentGalaxy has grown to become a leading player in the torrent ecosystem. The site was launched by former members of ExtraTorrent, a popular torrent site that had just shut down. The founders of TorrentGalaxy aimed to provide a home for ExtraTorrent \u2018refugees\u2019 but, over time, it evolved into one of the leading […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":81384,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[308],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-81383","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-torrent"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptocabaret.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81383","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptocabaret.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptocabaret.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptocabaret.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptocabaret.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=81383"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptocabaret.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81383\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptocabaret.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/81384"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptocabaret.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=81383"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptocabaret.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=81383"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptocabaret.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=81383"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}