[aspenmayer]

Were these payments for access or donations?

[qingcharles]

They were styled as "donations" towards the running costs. In exchange people got to boost their upload/download ratio in their favor, or get a fancy star next to their name, etc.

While the bulletproof hosting we had wasn't cheap, we were still making an enormous profit.

[aegypti]

Any articles or inside writing from the industry you know of? I realize it’s illegal, but it’s still fascinating!