Currently, there is significant drama among the leadership of the most prominent anglophone torrent trackers. After the founder of Blutopia and Unit3D—popular open-source tracker software powering many younger trackers, including AsianCinema, Hawke-Uno, Aither, and initially Beyond-HD— HDVinnie, announced he would step down as a Blutopia SysOp in disgrace, the site faced substantial controversy. This announcement followed a catastrophic hardware failure that could not be resolved due to his failure to make regular backups of various databases.
In the aftermath, former Blutopia staffer Audionut took to Reddit to publicly accuse HDVinnie of various forms of misconduct. These included greedily pocketing site donations, tolerating and possibly cooperating with account sellers, and attempting to extract as much money as possible from independent trackers running Unit3D.
Nelsokege, the "interim sysop" of CinemaTiK during its transition to Unit3D, also known as the infamous "Blutopia takeover" last year, rebutted Audionut's claims on the HDB forums. He accused Audionut of being banned from Blutopia for twice threatening the lives of other staff members but did not directly address any of Audionut’s specific accusations. It appears Nelso will be the new Blutopia sysop alongside MusicalMind.
MusicalMind (MM), one of the two newly appointed sysops of Blutopia and a longtime administrator of HDBits (widely regarded as the best anglophone HD tracker), reprimanded Audionut for airing his grievances publicly, although he admitted some of them were justified. Crucially, MM stated that he did not know whether HDVinnie would agree to share any of the donations he received during his tenure as Blutopia SysOp with the team managing the relaunch. In my opinion, this seems unlikely—ambiguity in such matters often signals the worst outcome.
HDVinnie also suggested that the relaunched Blutopia might organize a donation drive for hardware and other expenses, which implies they are currently short on funds. Considering the previous Blutopia likely received substantial donations—especially after offering lifetime VIP memberships for a limited time shortly before the crash—this implies HDVinnie has no plans of sharing the revenue. As an aside, MM also hinted at a falling out between himself and Inclination, the current admin of PassThePopcorn and MM's successor in that role. Currently, MM is no longer staff at PTP and has not received the "Legend" rank, a title typically granted to former staff, which suggests there may be bad blood between him and Inclination.
Fellow Blutopia staffer SavageHenry also commented on the controversy, stating that Audionut's Reddit post was speculative and should not have been made public.
In summary, it seems the hardware failure at Blutopia was the catalyst for the reemergence of many dormant grievances among prominent tracker staff. For the average tracker user, these disputes only become visible during significant controversies, such as last year’s CinemaTiK incident.
