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Internet Archive building damaged by fire

• Akujin 13y ago
  They are asking for donations to recover: https://blog.archive.org/2013/11/06/scanning-center-fire-please-help-rebuild/ https://blog.archive.org/2013/11/06/scanning-center-fire-ple...
  • Osmium 13y ago
    Are they covered by insurance at all?
• dmead 13y ago
  BREAKING: the internet is on fire
• stuhood 13y ago
  You can donate BTC: https://archive.org/donate/bitcoin.php https://archive.org/donate/bitcoin.php
  • bencoder 13y ago
    https://blockchain.info/address/17gN64BPHtxi4mEM3qWrxdwhieUvRq8R2r https://blockchain.info/address/17gN64BPHtxi4mEM3qWrxdwhieUv... Apparently they currently have 52BTC in that address, about 15000USD. Not bad. Hope the private key wasn't in this building :)
• sirsar 13y ago
  TLDR: Don't worry, no data was lost.
  • extempo 13y ago
    "However, the fire did cause the loss of some materials that were being prepared for digitisation - the full extent of which is still being assessed."
• Segmentation 13y ago
  This was posted yesterday and was on the front page for most of the day: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6684800 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6684800 (hell, it's still on the 3rd page)
  • deleted 13y ago
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• talles 13y ago
  "No data was lost, a spokesman said" :D