3 ms·

I'm a fan of Sci-Hub, but given multiple "clones" and the ever changing DNS names how does one verify this is the legitimate organization? It gives off a legiti

I'm a fan of Sci-Hub, but given multiple "clones" and the ever changing DNS names how does one verify this is the legitimate organization? It gives off a legitimate feel as most frauds don't tend to make new things. The BTC addresses I've seen on HN are different than the one on the page. Does Alexandra have a public key that could be used to provide a sig-validation? P.S. the main sci-hub.do page gives the same BTC as previous commentators list as valid.

NmAmDa 5y ago
I wonder what do you mean by sci-hub.do pag3 because the link in this post is referring to https://sci-hub.do/donate https://sci-hub.do/donate page.
- elcritch 5y ago
  The https://sci-hub.do/ https://sci-hub.do/ main page lists a BTC that matches what previous HN commentators have posted as a valid BTC address. The new "/donate" page has a new BTC which gave me pause. But my original question stands. It appears sci-hub has made a NFT based nft address? https://twitter.com/NamebaseHQ/status/1348707701744922625 https://twitter.com/NamebaseHQ/status/1348707701744922625
cyounkins 5y ago
The BTC address on the /donate page appears to be semi-random. This is the address I see on the main page of the .do and .st domains: 12PCbUDS4ho7vgSccmixKTHmq9qL2mdSns
- Kubuxu 5y ago
  It is most likely Hierarchical Deterministic Wallet, where the web server holds only public key and derivation seed. This way the private key doesn't have to reside online and you can generate as many addresses as you want.
  - remram 5y ago
    There's a single address in there, why would it have been generated by a web server?
icelancer 5y ago
Elbakyan confirmed it here: https://twitter.com/ringo_ring/status/1424027276270837762 https://twitter.com/ringo_ring/status/1424027276270837762
bsdice 5y ago
While browser extensions are a security risk (especially auto-updating), you might want to check out https://github.com/aaronjanse/dns-over-wikipedia https://github.com/aaronjanse/dns-over-wikipedia
btheshoe 5y ago
I find that the wikipedia page generally has accurate information on the legitimate link

NmAmDa 5y ago

I wonder what do you mean by sci-hub.do pag3 because the link in this post is referring to https://sci-hub.do/donate https://sci-hub.do/donate page.

elcritch 5y ago
The https://sci-hub.do/ https://sci-hub.do/ main page lists a BTC that matches what previous HN commentators have posted as a valid BTC address. The new "/donate" page has a new BTC which gave me pause. But my original question stands. It appears sci-hub has made a NFT based nft address? https://twitter.com/NamebaseHQ/status/1348707701744922625 https://twitter.com/NamebaseHQ/status/1348707701744922625

cyounkins 5y ago

The BTC address on the /donate page appears to be semi-random. This is the address I see on the main page of the .do and .st domains: 12PCbUDS4ho7vgSccmixKTHmq9qL2mdSns

Kubuxu 5y ago
It is most likely Hierarchical Deterministic Wallet, where the web server holds only public key and derivation seed. This way the private key doesn't have to reside online and you can generate as many addresses as you want.
- remram 5y ago
  There's a single address in there, why would it have been generated by a web server?

icelancer 5y ago

Elbakyan confirmed it here: https://twitter.com/ringo_ring/status/1424027276270837762 https://twitter.com/ringo_ring/status/1424027276270837762

bsdice 5y ago

While browser extensions are a security risk (especially auto-updating), you might want to check out https://github.com/aaronjanse/dns-over-wikipedia https://github.com/aaronjanse/dns-over-wikipedia

btheshoe 5y ago

I find that the wikipedia page generally has accurate information on the legitimate link