View Full Version : Demonoid is Alive, The Tracker Has Returned
It has been many weeks since the popular semi-private BitTorrent tracker Demonoid went offline. The site’s owner claimed the downtime was due to hardware issues and warned of the loss of both torrents and user data. Today, however, there is hope on the horizon, as Demonoid’s tracker is now up and running again.
Since Demonoid went down in September there has been a lot of speculation about what had caused it, and how long it would take for the site to recover.
As always, Demonoid staff kept quiet about the site’s future and all its users could do is wait for a sign of life, which quietly arrived earlier today.
A few hours ago Demonoid’s tracker started to respond again. It appears that it’s still hosted in the Ukraine, and although the frontend of the site hasn’t updated yet, this comeback might indicate that the site is preparing for a full return.
The current situation stirs memories of Demonoid’s downtime back in 2007. At the time the tracker also returned before the site itself became accessible again, which took two more months. Many Demonoid members are undoubtedly hoping that this chain of events will complete more quickly this time around.
http://torrentfreak.com/images/demonoid-working.jpg
When the site returns, it’s likely that members that joined the site more recently will have to sign up again, while others may have to resubmit their torrents. “A loss of some months worth of activity including registered users and torrent submissions is to be expected,” Demonoid staff warned earlier.
The tracker’s return in itself is already being welcomed by the thousands of users whose torrent clients are not supporting trackerless torrents. Many of them might have been staring at several unfinished downloads for weeks, and now they are finally able to complete their downloads.
http://torrentfreak.com/demonoid-is-alive-the-tracker-has-returned-091105/
megabyteme
11-05-2009, 09:31 PM
Thanks, Rart! That's good news. :)
kooltilldend
11-05-2009, 09:42 PM
no real surprise but still good to hear!
abosamer
11-05-2009, 09:42 PM
edited..................
brento
11-05-2009, 09:45 PM
site still seems to be down for me. haven't checked the tracker yet.
It`s still down for me too.
TrollinThunder
11-05-2009, 09:59 PM
Front end is not up yet. The tracker is up.
LubTheStaringCat
11-05-2009, 10:04 PM
Ye the tracker Is up now:yahoo::yahoo:, hopefully the site won't be long to It's up :)
brento
11-05-2009, 10:10 PM
Ye the tracker Is up now:yahoo::yahoo:, hopefully the site won't be long to It's up :)
+1. There's not much you can do without the site itself lol
cap87
11-05-2009, 10:27 PM
good news :)
kooltilldend
11-06-2009, 12:52 AM
Ye the tracker Is up now:yahoo::yahoo:, hopefully the site won't be long to It's up :)
+1. There's not much you can do without the site itself lol
you could always grab (existing) demonoid torrents from the likes of mininova, etc ;)
oddcat
11-06-2009, 01:00 AM
I joined on July 29th this year and upped a few torrents just to Demonoid. They started seeding again yesterday...so the data loss can't have been that great.:whistling
Burnsy
11-06-2009, 01:21 AM
Good to see it might be returning soon... handy tracker for locating those random 'hard to find' torrents :)
peat moss
11-06-2009, 01:34 AM
Good to hear , also see ForumW is back too , happy days .
db_la_23
11-06-2009, 01:55 AM
hey good news thanks
kostnkost
11-06-2009, 02:41 AM
I see Oink is back up as well.
Good times:huh:
soulreaper
11-06-2009, 05:21 AM
I see Oink is back up as well.
Good times:huh:
What?:blink:
Anyway,thanks for the good news Rart.This site is more precious than any site I'm on(KG is close though). * heaves a sigh of relief*
Long live the demon!!
rag011
11-06-2009, 06:08 AM
Good to see it might be returning soon... handy tracker for locating those random 'hard to find' torrents :)
Exactly so! I got some promo only music releases or fanclub editions there I thought I'd never hear - stuff you couldn't buy even if you wanted to.
HMthePM
11-06-2009, 07:02 AM
Hope the site comes back before new year, maybe like an advance xmas present.
nozaku
11-06-2009, 07:16 AM
Good news, hope they get the site up and running soon.
arcane
11-06-2009, 08:39 AM
I have been missing these guys for their lossless music collection. Thats why I joined this site, to look for an alternative. I hope the site is back up soon.
shikotee
11-06-2009, 05:09 PM
Good to hear.
Some things just can't be found anywhere else.....
Funkin'
11-06-2009, 09:23 PM
Damn...I thought the site was finally up too.
I'm sorry if I'm beating a dead horse but I was looking through my posting history and came back upon this thread.
What the hell happened?
This article is nearly a month old, and there are still no signs of improvements in terms of Demonoid. Is the tracker still running? Are there any members here who still have Demonoid torrents active that could tell us whether the tracker is still up? And if it is, what the hell is up with the site when the tracker has been working fine for nearly a month?
Something about this just seems off. Hoping for the best I guess.
Takoom
12-02-2009, 01:13 AM
still closed for me
DubDub
12-02-2009, 01:21 AM
wow okay
Enlightened
12-02-2009, 01:32 AM
Thought I never see this post.
kisianik
12-02-2009, 01:34 AM
Confirm - front page still dead, however list of trackers to add is gone.
Tracker is alive!!! Just put back an old torrent (17 GB khe khe) and it is seeding again!!!
Let hope for the rest to come back and see what damage to user data would be there...
edit: 84 seeds and 8 peers, not bad for a 2 or so months dead tracker/torrent site...
xuxoxux
12-02-2009, 01:59 AM
Demonoid always seems to come back. Thank bejesus for Ukraine.
jimmyg123
12-02-2009, 04:23 AM
Demoniod was a great site, i wasn't happy when it went down. It went down the first time and i stopped using it after that. You could basically find anything you want on there, but i thought of it as a public tracker in a way and i dont like using public trackers but i made an exception. Im thinking of buying a rapidshare account to replace demonoid?
evan1337
12-02-2009, 04:43 AM
deleted because I can't read timestamps
pone44
12-02-2009, 04:51 AM
Weird. :dabs:
I thought it was down a few hours back. When did it go back up?
Pone - the tracker has apparently been up since I posted this a month ago, yet the site still is down. Just seems a little odd, essentially why I brought this thread back up.
pone44
12-02-2009, 05:05 AM
I have not even checked. Thought something was up when it went down for a while. Was never into the site though I saw it's potential. It is strange.
Pone - the tracker has apparently been up since I posted this a month ago, yet the site still is down. Just seems a little odd, essentially why I brought this thread back up.
Eargasm
12-02-2009, 05:21 AM
Ahhhh, why did you bump THIS thread of all threads about Demonoid? Got my hopes up from the title.... sighhh.
pone44
12-02-2009, 05:22 AM
So some can continue seeding to :idunno:? Maybe it will be back if the tracker is up.
Ahhhh, why did you bump THIS thread of all threads about Demonoid? Got my hopes up from the title.... sighhh.
iLOVENZB
12-02-2009, 05:25 AM
Tracker up, Site down.
Eargasm
12-02-2009, 06:18 AM
Tracker up, Site down.
Yeah, the tracker has been up for a while. Still waiting on the site. Of course, Demonoid was down for a whole year once so I'm checking the site about once a week.
Brandon_Heat
12-02-2009, 06:42 AM
Tracker is alive hope to see the site back in action ...again
iLOVENZB
12-02-2009, 06:54 AM
Tracker up, Site down.
Yeah, the tracker has been up for a while. Still waiting on the site. Of course, Demonoid was down for a whole year once so I'm checking the site about once a week.
Guess swarms will get bigger when the site is up and the word gets up :D
You all know this:
Maintenance
Edit: There are some rumors about the site shutting down for good and we starting a new tracker next year. the rumors are of course, lies. There are no plans of shutting down or creating another site.
And there is NO official twitter/facebook/any other web community page for Demonoid. There are a few around that were created by fans and have no link to the site or staff.
The parts of the site code that got deleted are being rewritten and should be ready soon. We are also working to try and minimise the data loss as much as possible.
Thanks for your patience.
The site will return as soon as possible, but there was a problem that caused data loss and the person who can help us get the data back is not able to help at this moment. The site will return when we can get his help
A loss of a some months worth of activity including registered users and torrent submissions is to be expected because the backup we are hoping to get back is not up to date, so please be prepared for it
So, patience my children, patience :)
Swift
12-02-2009, 08:19 AM
Same screen here .
Funkin'
12-02-2009, 08:22 AM
The same screen has been there. Would be nice if there was a weekly update.
ztx651
12-02-2009, 08:30 AM
I'm sorry if I'm beating a dead horse but I was looking through my posting history and came back upon this thread.
What the hell happened?
This article is nearly a month old, and there are still no signs of improvements in terms of Demonoid. Is the tracker still running? Are there any members here who still have Demonoid torrents active that could tell us whether the tracker is still up? And if it is, what the hell is up with the site when the tracker has been working fine for nearly a month?
Something about this just seems off. Hoping for the best I guess.
Parts of the site are still being rebuilt, hopefully ready in a couple of weeks.
karachidude
12-02-2009, 10:57 AM
i hope so :) ,it is a good tracker
Brandon_Heat
12-02-2009, 03:06 PM
.[/QUOTE]
Parts of the site are still being rebuilt, hopefully ready in a couple of weeks.[/QUOTE]
That some good news :D
finger crossed.
maybe demonoid comeback as a xmas gift for us :P
Sylar666
12-02-2009, 03:57 PM
No, it DOES NOT work, for God's sake!!Stop b...ing, will Ya? Thanx!
No. it DOES NOT work.
kisianik
12-02-2009, 05:05 PM
No, it DOES NOT work, for God's sake!!Stop b...ing, will Ya? Thanx!
No. it DOES NOT work.
No one said the site is working, only tracker is working, be optimistic, there are too many pessimists around here already...
ztx651
12-02-2009, 05:05 PM
It WILL be back, the rebuild is taking a while that's all.
invitestor
12-02-2009, 07:19 PM
whoooohooo :-)
buckiforlife
12-02-2009, 10:37 PM
D*mn I miss Demonoid.
Radon0r
12-02-2009, 10:44 PM
D*mn I miss Demonoid.
Same. It was great for weird/rare stuff.
Demonoid being down has sure turned at lot of bashing into praise and desire for it to get back up.
DubDub
12-02-2009, 11:16 PM
why do you guys like demonoid so much
I don't get it
Because of the reason mentioned in post #54?
ztx651
12-02-2009, 11:20 PM
What's to get?
Some people like it, some people loath it... This is so with quite a lot of things.
DubDub
12-02-2009, 11:22 PM
I had an account there many years ago......it sucked
ztx651
12-02-2009, 11:32 PM
I hear the staff are assholes too.
kisianik
12-03-2009, 12:40 AM
I had an account there many years ago......it sucked
I am with Demon since about 2005, and no problem at all - my ratio always good, no bitch*ng on forums, how else you can get into trouble?
KushBlow
12-03-2009, 03:00 AM
Hmm great!
might try to find a rare ebook once it's up.
DubDub
12-03-2009, 04:08 AM
I had an account there many years ago......it sucked
I am with Demon since about 2005, and no problem at all - my ratio always good, no bitch*ng on forums, how else you can get into trouble?
I just got fed up with that trackers speed.....and content:sick:
ztx651
12-03-2009, 10:20 AM
I just got fed up with that trackers speed.....and content:sick:
Looks like you did the right thing by exercising your right not to use it then.
:yup:
locusprince
12-03-2009, 10:22 AM
Really good news to hear, thanks
goopka
12-03-2009, 10:41 AM
Just when I thought checking daily to see if it is back up and running was excessive, I get news like this to feed my hope and scale up my visits to a sadly optimistic level!
DubDub
DISABLED PRIVS
Finally :P
brilman
12-03-2009, 05:06 PM
thats a bright light in the news for the last week or so
still never been there (I'm just not growed up enough to be there yet lol)
congratulates to all
6pairsofshoes
12-07-2009, 09:49 AM
My torrents are still up and running. The tracker seems ok.
It's been a long downtime and I'll be happy to have it back.
DonkeyKong
12-07-2009, 01:15 PM
great to hear demonoid is back
great to hear demonoid is back
:dry:
It`s not back
My torrents are still up and running. The tracker seems ok.
The tracker is up for me too! Some good news at least, now it's possible to finish those Demonoid torrents mistakenly set to "private" without adding extra tracker URLs or patching uTorrent.
carlos140
12-22-2011, 01:20 PM
Demonoid not working for me. Used to be great 6 months ago, have had heaps of trouble in the last 6 months getting the tracker to connect.....
Pitch7
12-22-2011, 05:21 PM
Demonoid not working for me. Used to be great 6 months ago, have had heaps of trouble in the last 6 months getting the tracker to connect.....
did you try this?: http://beta.demonoid.me/files/
temisturk
12-23-2011, 03:38 AM
You don't need the tracker. DHT and Peer Exchange will get you all the peers you need. I actually delete the trackers from all the public torrents I download (and I don't even use PEX, I only use DHT).
Night0wl
12-23-2011, 04:23 AM
On unpopular torrents you could be shooting yourself in the foot by deleting the trackers. If there are only one or two (tracked) seeds and neither of them allow DHT, then you don't get your file. Or you could get 1-2 3KB/s seeders through DHT, while the others which you delete seed on 100Mbit.
I don't have DHT on in Vuze, so I use uTorrent for public torrents to get the best of both worlds.
temisturk
12-23-2011, 04:49 AM
Fair point. On the small minority of torrents that causes a problem with I go to torrentz.eu and get an up-to-date list of the trackers which are tracking that torrent at that time.
EDIT. The point I was trying to make was that the number of torrents for which the one and only source of seeds/peers is the Demonoid tracker is pretty well 0. It's a public tracker and just because it might not work that shouldn't stop anyone from being able to complete downloading their torrents.
carlos140
12-23-2011, 01:52 PM
Demonoid not working for me. Used to be great 6 months ago, have had heaps of trouble in the last 6 months getting the tracker to connect.....
did you try this?: http://beta.demonoid.me/files/
Yes, thanx, I did try, I have to use a proxy from here to get there, and then beta doesn't work on a proxy......
carlos140
12-23-2011, 01:55 PM
You don't need the tracker. DHT and Peer Exchange will get you all the peers you need. I actually delete the trackers from all the public torrents I download (and I don't even use PEX, I only use DHT).
Thanx, appreciate that! And actually, you know what?!? The particular torrent I'd been after DID actually connect to 2 seeders on DHT, and was able to complete it in 5 hours. Slow, but eventually got it :)
On unpopular torrents you could be shooting yourself in the foot by deleting the trackers. If there are only one or two (tracked) seeds and neither of them allow DHT, then you don't get your file. Or you could get 1-2 3KB/s seeders through DHT, while the others which you delete seed on 100Mbit.
I don't have DHT on in Vuze, so I use uTorrent for public torrents to get the best of both worlds.
Thanx, yes, actually I agree with you, the way demonoid has been lately I leave them on too, I'm not the only one either, reading demonoid forums, many people leave them on as well, (tracker blocked in their countries o¿r by server as well)
Fair point. On the small minority of torrents that causes a problem with I go to torrentz.eu and get an up-to-date list of the trackers which are tracking that torrent at that time.
EDIT. The point I was trying to make was that the number of torrents for which the one and only source of seeds/peers is the Demonoid tracker is pretty well 0. It's a public tracker and just because it might not work that shouldn't stop anyone from being able to complete downloading their torrents.
Great, thanx for the advice, appreciated!!!
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