TPB is reachable but I am unable to upload torrents there. The problem is their CAPTCHA is not functioning. Even though I have earned "Trusted Uploader" status there, only "VIP Uploaders" -- those who have made financial donations to the site -- are able to upload without using CAPTCHA. As I write this, I've been unable to upload there for over 50 hours.
The other part of this double-whammy is Demonoid, which has been unreachable to me for approximately the same amount of time the TPB has been. I have just found a bit of information at TorrentFreak that may shed some light on what's happening at Demonoid.
In an article dated April 28th, Ernesto wrote:
Demonoid is without doubt one of the most famous BitTorrent trackers on the Internet. Unfortunately, it is also the tracker with the worst record when it comes to uptime as every so often the site disappears for months. With the current downtime of more than a day, users are already fearing the worst.
Demonoid is one of the biggest torrent sites around. Now safely hosted to the west of Russia in Ukraine, the site has previously received unwanted attention from several anti-piracy outfits. So, when the site goes offline a lot of people start to think of the worst, especially if there is little or no warning.
Yesterday, Demonoid once again disappeared leaving its users behind with lots of questions and in a mild state of panic. As is often the case, Demonoid’s admins have remained silent and rumors of a hostile intervention have quickly grown. Thus far, however, there is no reason to assume that the downtime is caused by ‘legal’ reasons. It has to be assumed that the site is facing hardware or network problems.
[....] This is no guarantee that the site itself will make a quick return though. Last September the site vanished into thin air and although the tracker returned early November, it took until Christmas before the site was fully operational again.
Last year’s downtime was not unique either. Since 2007 the site has been offline for more than 13 months in total, due to all kinds of problems....
In a rare interview with Demonoid’s current hosting provider a few months ago we found out that DDoS-attacks and legal issues are unlikely to take the site offline, so we can only guess what the real reason for the ccurrent outage is. The wait has started, once again.
Update: Demonoid is responding (very slow) to some people, and the reason for the downtime seems to be a DDoS attack after all.
I tried Demonoid again just a few minutes ago and was only able to load the site's smallish logo in the upper left hand corner of an otherwise blank page. I will stay alert for additional news, but in situations like this there is typically only silence until the problem is more or less solved. I hope that's not the case this time. Hoping for the best.
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They've been under a "distributed denial-of-service attack (DDoS attack)". I can't currently link to the artice since I'm at work and the site is blocked, but you can find the artice at TorrentFreak.com. There's also an interesting piece that Torrent Freak is purchasing The Pirate Bay (TPB), that could be your issue there as well.
I read both articles, and since posting this I have connected with Demonoid myself and seen their message about the DDoS.
As for TorrentFreak buying TPB, in the article discussing this, after talking about having lined up the financing to make the buyout at $11 million, there is this statement:
"Of course, absolutely nothing you’ve read so far in this article has a single grain of truth in it."
http://is.gd/bObbX
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