Slightly OT: How is it possible that the operators are unidentified? Surely someone must own the domain and pay upkeep for that? Wouldn't that expose at least one of them?

Yes your honor, we've identified one Big Bird of 123 Sesame St as being affiliated with the operators of the site based on the registration data.

The only reason you have to tell the truth is if you want to reduce the risk of arbitrarily losing control of the domain, such as having a chance to contest any abuse reports that might be filed against you.

It’s well established if the US wants to they can find them and crypto can be traced.

Same question though how are they paying for the domain, assuming this is on the plaintiff to trace

What does "finding them" even means in this context? There are many hacker organizations located in Russia that are much worse than Anna's Archive. From my understanding those also operate websites / platforms to offer services.

Well clearly that’s false? Not all crypto transactions are traceable for example. And since they haven’t found them, that seems to disprove your statement doesn’t it?

Not really this is civil case not the full weight of a state behind it

> crypto can be traced

Anna's Archive exclusively uses Monero, which can't be by design

This is presumably the real target of the lawsuit: the domain operators. There will likely be injunctions taking down the domains.

Some of the Anna domains have been taken down a few weeks ago.

Several domains previously used by Anna have been lost.

I assume that they may have been seized as a consequence of this trial.

there are ways to buy domains using crypto and being completely anonymous.

I think he used it as a counter-example where it made sense to him to be early. But you don't always have to be early, is his point, I think.

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