Ethereum Co-Founder Vitalik Buterin Discusses FTX Collapse — Says ‘Centralized Anything Is by Default Suspect’
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin says many people in the Ethereum community see the FTX collapse “as a validation of things they believed in all along: centralized anything is by default suspect.” However, he warned that automatically downgrading every single thing former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried believed in “is an error.” Vitalik Buterin on FTX Meltdown Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin shared his thoughts on the failure of...
Bankrupt Crypto Exchange FTX Exploring Sales of Subsidiaries, CEO Reveals
Bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX is exploring sales, recapitalizations, and other strategic transactions with respect to its solvent subsidiaries. The firm’s new CEO has instructed the FTX team “to prioritize the preservation of franchise value as best we can in these difficult circumstances.” New FTX CEO Outlines Priorities Cryptocurrency exchange FTX and approximately 101 affiliated companies announced Saturday that they are...
Z-Library Responds to U.S. Crackdown, Asks Authors for Forgiveness
With millions of regular visitors, Z-Library is one of the largest repositories of pirated books on the Internet. The site has nearly 12 million copies of books in its digital archive, which is shared with the world for free. U.S. Z-Library Crackdown Many authors and publishers are unhappy with the ‘shadow library’ and are now receiving support from the U.S. Department of Justice. Earlier this month, the authorities seized 241...
Police Tracked Traffic of All National ISPs to Catch Pirate IPTV Users
Over the past two decades, pirate sites and services frequented by millions of users have been shut down following legal action. No longer useful for spreading files, many were repurposed to spread fear. In the wake of Hollywood’s 2005 win at the U.S. Supreme Court, the website of file-sharing service Grokster was transformed into a personalized warning. Anyone visiting the site saw their own IP address alongside a message claiming it...
Top 10 Most Pirated Movies of The Week – 11/21/2022
The data for our weekly download chart is estimated by TorrentFreak, and is for informational and educational reference only. These torrent download statistics are only meant to provide further insight into the piracy trends. All data are gathered from public resources. This week we have two newcomers on the list. “Black Adam” is the most downloaded title. The most torrented movies for the week ending on November 21 are: Movie Rank...
