KAT. Being Resurrected?

Some of the weeks ago the one of the biggest torrent giant was taken down when it's alleged owner Artem Vaulin was arrested. Yes! We are talking about the kick ass torrents the #1 site of torrent in 2015.

Artem Vaulin the alleged owner the site after being arrested and the site being taken down the Clones and mirrors ran quickly to take the throne but despite their efforts these clone and mirrors lacked some functionality of the original kickass site. The users of the original sites complained heavily about the Mirrors and clones but the main issues of these sites were the lack of up-to-date content since the original kat was taken down with its top level domains like kat.cr katproxy.ph and others so a lot of latest content was also lost with it.

Resurrection?

Within a few days a new forum was launched at Katcr.co that is being supported by several high ranking moderators of the original site and in the following weeks thousands of members have returned back to the community and are planning to expand. The site started a fundraising campaign asking to money to repair the damages done and to rebuild the authentic KAT site code the team is now accepting donation through PayPal also through GOfundme Campaign and are hoping to collect some money in order to resurrect the original site with its content. Johnno23 is one of the moderators of the site and he had to say this.

This site we now inhabit is costing money: Money that a few individuals put up to ensure the survival of this Community. This is still not the Kat we all remember but on a daily basis it is getting closer.

Image taken from TorrentFreak.com

Now the big question is still here. Will the site can resumed with the former download and upload functionality? this appears to be the long term goals of the community. In addition the guys at Torrent Freak spoke with Mr. Grooner aka the president and a long-term KAT-crew member and alos one of the top member of the site. Mr Grooner told them that many of the original site staffers have returned to the community but funds are needed to develop and maintain the site code. Mr Grooner also said.

At this stage, it very much depends on pending legal action and rulings in regards to the legality of torrents in the US. However the community can be reassured that in one way or another, KAT will return to its former glory.

 While they are working hard another problem has rose up its that they can't revive the site with the original database because at one point users were clearly separated from the people who technically and financially supported the site that means people in charge of katcr.to dont have access to original site code and data .

In the ending Mr Gropner also said

Run those seedboxes and torrent clients 24/7 where possible. Just because uploading stopped at KAT we are all still pirates and we will always encourage uploading.

Update: The Gofundme campaign has been removed, we’ve asked the Katcr Team for more information and will add another update when we hear more.

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