So the next time you see a link for extratorrent.cd.proxy in an old forum post, smile. Click it if you want a 404 error or a fake casino ad. But remember: Have a dusty CD-R labeled "ET Backup 2017" lying around? Hook it up to an old PC—you might just find the ghost of the internet past.
A proxy can cache a page. It cannot cache a swarm.
If you were downloading torrents between 2006 and 2017, you remember the Big Three: The Pirate Bay, KickassTorrents (KAT), and ExtraTorrent (ET) . While TPB was the anarchic cockroach that refused to die, ExtraTorvalds (the site’s enigmatic admin) ran a cleaner, faster, and arguably more reliable ship.
