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Sunday 28 December 2014

Could Cryptocurrency Improve P2P File Sharing?

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The Pirate Bay may never make it to its teenage years.


The popular file sharing site, launched in 2003, was recently taken offline following a raid by Swedish police. It’s a sad event for a site that is supposed to be all about unassailable file sharing. Though resurrected versions of The Pirate Bay may already be back up online, the latest interruption to its service raises a host a questions.


What does this raid mean for decentralised P2P filesharing? Can the same technologies that underpin cryptocurrencies help sustain or even enhance decentralised P2P filesharing networks like The Pirate Bay?


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