KAT Shutdown Aftermath: iTorrents Aims to Replace Torcache

[Ernesto]

Two weeks ago Polish law enforcement officers arrested Artem Vaulin, the alleged owner of KickassTorrents.

The arrest resulted in the shutdown of the site, which came as a shock to millions of KAT users and the torrent community at large.

Out of nowhere, the largest torrent index disappeared and there are no signs that it’s coming back anytime soon. The same is true for the torrent hosting platform Torcache.net, which KAT actively used.

While there are no official links between the two sites, it seems likely that Torcache was taken down following KAT’s troubles. This means that it will probably remain offline for the time being.

This has caused trouble for several other torrent sites which also relied on Torcache, such as 1337x.to and Monova.

As is often the case, however, when one service disappears several others are ready to take its place. The situation is no different here, as iTorrents.org is already advertising itself as a Torcache replacement.

Mimicking the same layout, which was first pioneered by Torrage, another defunct service, iTorrents offers a dedicated torrent storage platform.

iTorrents.org

TorrentFreak spoke to the operator of iTorrents.org, who also manages LimeTorrents.cc and TorrentDownloads.me. He says that 1337x.to has come on board already and he invites other torrent sites to join as well.

“Currently 1337x and our own sites are using itorrents.org. I hope more webmasters start using it soon, because there is no other torrent storage cache available now.”

In addition to 1337x, several KAT mirrors have also switched to iTorrents to replace the non-functional Torcache links.

iTorrents was officially launched earlier this year when the operator found out that Torcache was blocked in several countries. He is now planning to upgrade the server, so the service can cope with the increase in traffic.

While iTorrents may be able to replace Torcache, the aftermath of the KAT shutdown is still being felt by many of its former users.

For many people, KickassTorrents was a community above all else, and a harddrive full of torrents isn’t going to replace that.

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Originally Published: Tue, 02 Aug 2016 20:54:07 +0000
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[ruman]

kat is back according to many reports

[D.Lion.King]

kat is back according to many reports

yes ! they are   Scammer fakers , they always back ! lol

KAT is done , time to move on ! here you go https://www.reddit.com/r/kickasstorrents..._of_where/ , I hope this guide will help you

[Ruler_Of_Hell]

KAT has a "Community" but that's about it. There's a Section for "Verified Uploaders" to post their releases with Strict Rules and Warnings NOT to even think about posting a link to a Torrent Site like TPB. I miss communicating with a lot of My Mates, but I'm not going to bother making a new account until things change.

[FAMAS]

KAT has a "Community" but that's about it. There's a Section for "Verified Uploaders" to post their releases with Strict Rules and Warnings NOT to even think about posting a link to a Torrent Site like TPB. I miss communicating with a lot of My Mates, but I'm not going to bother making a new account  until things change.

KAT had the option to report torrents based on DMCA. the ONLY reason for me to abandon it and call for abandonment of it.

[D.Lion.King]

KAT has a "Community" but that's about it. There's a Section for "Verified Uploaders" to post their releases with Strict Rules and Warnings NOT to even think about posting a link to a Torrent Site like TPB. I miss communicating with a lot of My Mates, but I'm not going to bother making a new account  until things change.

kat had ,but not the forum site what you are thinking   ... They are just group of people using Old glory , fame for their personal purpose , nothing more. It is like , some group take over YIFY name / Torrentz name ... and Their motive is pure business profit and personal benefit ,they are not the pirate , neither they have the hearth  of old TEAM , .. Just saw the news article about $$$ stuff   and enter the ring , with iron fist ...

Thats the reason they wont allow you post link and other stuff like hash tag , after all it will hurt their " business revenue"   lol , those new people need to born 1000 times to learn what is the meaning of pirate spirit , I have doubt , even they could become like TPB   even after reborning 1000 times is not enough for them !!

So what ? you have TPB , you will find almost everything here , you have other sites too , so I cant see any point for you to bother yourself ,   Enjoy !! have fun !!

[SilentKiller]

KAT is officially done and it will be missed ya'll should stop being script kiddies and start making a new tool..