The Pirate Bay's Million-Dollar Bitcoin Donations: Hidden Goldmine or Spent Treasure? * TorrentFreak
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For over a decade, The Pirate Bay has been accepting Bitcoin donations. In dollar terms, this provided a modest revenue stream. But...

For over a decade, The Pirate Bay has been accepting Bitcoin donations. In dollar terms, this provided a relatively modest but consistent revenue stream. However, if the torrent site had held onto its early Bitcoin, it could have amassed a small fortune, worth $14 million today. The same applies to BitcoinTorrentz, which once charged today’s equivalent of $8,000 per gigabyte transferred.

Of all the sites, the pirate bay?

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