Finally one of the leading BitTorrent website of its times is rising from the ashes. Demonoid one of the leading private BitTorrent trackers was pulled down by CRIA in November last year. Deimos the admin of Demonoid has finally handed over the reins of Demonoid to a fellow admin whom he apparently trusts with the comeback of Demonoid.

Deimos will not be the admin of Demonoid anymore because he is tied with some personal real life issues. Here’s the message he posted in the Subdemon forums :

Hello Everyone,

It is with great sadness (and not a little relief) that I announce that I will be stepping down as admin of Demonoid, with effect from today.

Demonoid is currently suffering from a number of things, prime amongst these being my distraction with real-world issues, and so I have handed the reins over to a new administrator – a close friend of mine, which I trust completely and has the knowledge and time to take care of the site.

He will, in due course, be making his own announcements about the future of Demonoid. Of course, speculation over the future of the site is fun, but it is ultimately fruitless – you will all, in the near future, become aware of what the future holds. I trust that you will all give your support to the new admin as he finds his feet while he resurrects Demonoid.

Thanks again for your support in making Demonoid what it was and is.
Goodbye and good wishes – it has been a blast!

- Deimos

It surely is great news for the BitTorrent community. I was once upon a time an active user of Demonoid and the quality of torrents over there was simply too good. Demonoid is by far the best when it comes to finding software or weird music/stuff you know you’re not gonna find on IsoHunt or ThePirateBay. Glad to see the demonoid is coming back.

What do you think of this development? Do you think Demonoid can ever be the same again? (I just hope it is!!)

I’m looking forward to Demonoid resurrecting- what a great torrent community

Via TorrentFreak

After nearly a week of being down, Demonoid is back up and running, but there are issues that are being ironed out as we speak here. If you are wondering why Demonoid was down, then here is the official response to the downtime.

We received a letter from a lawyer representing the CRIA, they were threatening with legal action and we need to start blocking Canadian traffic because of this. Thanks for your understanding, and sorry for any inconvenience.

I am sure many of the Bittorrent users worldwide would be happy with the return of Demonoid into action, but the bad news is that, Canadian users have no access to the site anymore, as said in the official response.

The first hope of Demonoid’s return was yesterday when the trackers started to function. I really hope that Demonoid is free from anymore downtimes as this week has been pretty much of a waste for me, because Demonoid was down.

The second most popular BitTorrent tracker on planet earth has returned, that’s the most important thing.

The Site is still down now, and a message reads that : “The latest changes to the site are giving us some problems – We’ll be back soon”

Demonoid one of the Best Bittorrent trackers is currently down due to some ISP problems in Canada. Torrentfreak reports that Demonoid has been down for the past 24 Hours, that includes both the main site and the tracker. For those of who are hearing about Demonoid for the First time, let me tell you something about it.

Demonoid is a fully private Bittorrent tracker and is one of the most popular trackers in the pirate world after thepiratebay.  While the exact reason for the downtime is not known, Torrentfreak thinks that it is because of the Canadian ISP pulling the plugs upon it due to pressure by the CRIA.

I See no reason to think that Demonoid is down forever. It will be back up and running very soon. Trust me. When an Old timer like Suprnova can come back then why not Demonoid. These efforts on Anti Piracy companies and governments will go no far, simply because piracy is here to stay. Shutting down Demonoid for a few days will have no impact on the volume of BitTorrent traffic, and Demonoid will be back shortly and with more interest and new users than ever before.