# Key Points from IRC Log (May 5, 2016)

• Sci-Hub domain was shut down following an Elsevier complaint, with users sharing alternative access points including sci-hub.cc, sci-hub.ac, sci-hub.bz, and an onion address (scihub22266oqcxt.onion), demonstrating the resilience of academic piracy networks.

• Discussion about Sci-Hub's infrastructure challenges, noting they have "zero resources and a hundred million users," with download speeds being problematic and torrent downloads estimated to take over 300 days.

• Technical conversation about downloading academic papers via torrents, with one user reporting success using Feralhosting seedbox to download approximately 1TB of content per day from Library Genesis (LibGen) torrents.

• Users observed suspicious activity on LibGen torrents, with Indian and Chinese IP addresses connecting, downloading small amounts of data (likely metadata), and then disconnecting.

• A link was shared to a transcript about Bitcoin from the Coindesk Consensus 2016 conference, specifically "Why Bitcoin Still Matters."

• An innovative "helixator" escalator design was shared, with a link to the Levytator YouTube video showing a curved/helical escalator system.