Demonoid, the famous BitTorrent tracker faces troubles as domain name expires, gathering in Cuckoo?
The semi-private BitTorrent tracker Demonoid was once one of the largest torrent sites on the Internet. In recent months, however, things have gone from bad to worse. The site has been offline for weeks and a few days ago its main domain name expired. In the absence of assurances from Demonoid's operator, staffers have now launched a backup community, to keep the spirit going.
As one of the oldest torrent communities online, the Demonoid tracker has gone though many ups and downs. The site has disappeared for months, more than once, but always reappeared.
Earlier this year things were looking quite positive for the site. The founder and operator Deimos was committed to rebuilding the site to the thriving community it once was, but at the end of this summer new problems emerged.
Initially, there were some technical issues and isolated downtime. However, as the weeks passed on, the site disappeared completely. All the while, Deimos was nowhere to be found. Over the past few weeks, staff received a sign of life from the operator, but the issues are far from over. In fact, a few days ago the most recent Demonoid.pw domain name expired, which means that it’s at risk of being lost completely.
This is something the staff hope to prevent, but their hands are tied.
All .pw email addresses are inactive as well now. Phase from Demonoid says he still has the old phase@demonoid.com handle and he hopes that by some miracle the registrar will contact him there to help out.
That seems to be a long shot, but there are few other options.
Demonoid’s staff don’t have access to the site’s Twitter account either, so it’s hard to inform users about the current situation. According to Phase, many are being tricked by copycat sites. Demonoid.to is particularly problematic, as it encourages visitors to download a scammy client.
As a temporary solution, the staff have decided to create new fora at Demonoid.info where Demonoid users can get the latest updates or just chat randomly. Some videos were uploaded to Cuckoo and the cuckoo codes were shared on Demonoid Forum.
“We staff established a Demonoid Fora for the fans so they can have at least some sense of home while Demonoid is gone. This forum is not file sharing related in any way, most of them will be shared by torrents or cuckoo code anyway. It’s just a way to help the community stay together,” Phase says.
It remains unsure when Demonoid will return but some users start to use Cuckoo instead of sharing videos.
Remark:
Cuckoo, a decentralized video platform which is based on P2P connection, same as torrenting. Every user is anonymous without registration and every video channel is autonomous without censoring and suspending.
As one of the oldest torrent communities online, the Demonoid tracker has gone though many ups and downs. The site has disappeared for months, more than once, but always reappeared.
Earlier this year things were looking quite positive for the site. The founder and operator Deimos was committed to rebuilding the site to the thriving community it once was, but at the end of this summer new problems emerged.
Initially, there were some technical issues and isolated downtime. However, as the weeks passed on, the site disappeared completely. All the while, Deimos was nowhere to be found. Over the past few weeks, staff received a sign of life from the operator, but the issues are far from over. In fact, a few days ago the most recent Demonoid.pw domain name expired, which means that it’s at risk of being lost completely.
This is something the staff hope to prevent, but their hands are tied.
All .pw email addresses are inactive as well now. Phase from Demonoid says he still has the old phase@demonoid.com handle and he hopes that by some miracle the registrar will contact him there to help out.
That seems to be a long shot, but there are few other options.
Demonoid’s staff don’t have access to the site’s Twitter account either, so it’s hard to inform users about the current situation. According to Phase, many are being tricked by copycat sites. Demonoid.to is particularly problematic, as it encourages visitors to download a scammy client.
As a temporary solution, the staff have decided to create new fora at Demonoid.info where Demonoid users can get the latest updates or just chat randomly. Some videos were uploaded to Cuckoo and the cuckoo codes were shared on Demonoid Forum.
“We staff established a Demonoid Fora for the fans so they can have at least some sense of home while Demonoid is gone. This forum is not file sharing related in any way, most of them will be shared by torrents or cuckoo code anyway. It’s just a way to help the community stay together,” Phase says.
It remains unsure when Demonoid will return but some users start to use Cuckoo instead of sharing videos.
Remark:
Cuckoo, a decentralized video platform which is based on P2P connection, same as torrenting. Every user is anonymous without registration and every video channel is autonomous without censoring and suspending.
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