The latest announcement from Alexandra Elbakyan @ ringoruing, founder of Sci Hub, mentions SciHub and states that this meme token has greatly helped Sci Hub: https://t.me/scihubreal/25 Here is the Chinese translation (thank you for chatgpt 4o) Hello everyone, this is a message from Alexandra Elbakyan, founder of Sci Hub, to clarify some questions: Sci Hub is not "them/they", but "she/her" In other words, since 2011, I have been the only creator and administrator of the Sci Hub project and have never had anyone else involved. However, there are currently people operating third-party Sci Hub mirror sites, but they have no connection to me or the Sci Hub original project. Since 2017, I have had an idea (or rather a fantasy) to launch a Sci Hub token to fund open science projects. For example, journals can use this token to pay reviewers, etc. However, due to time constraints, I have never truly realized this idea. Until November 2024, a group of Chinese Sci Hub users initiated the scihub meme token to support the Sci Hub project. I know this project has raised a lot of doubts and suspicions. But the fact is, this meme token has greatly helped Sci Hub. Previously, I was unable to raise the same amount of funds solely by requesting donations on the website. You can decide for yourself whether to support this project (Sci Hub meme token) or let it disappear. In addition to paying for the server and technical infrastructure costs of Sci Hub, I can also use these funds to obtain new papers and handle necessary legal procedures to enable Sci Hub to be legally recognized globally. At present, I have no interest in purchasing a new house and do not have a driver's license (in other words, these funds will not be used to buy luxury cars). After the Sci Hub Twitter account was banned in 2021, I have decided that Sci Hub will no longer have any official social media accounts. Imagine investing a lot of time and effort into operating these social media accounts, only to have them arbitrarily banned or deleted! However, after the launch of the Sci Hub meme token, I came under pressure from the crypto community to continue being active on social media as it is crucial for the token to continue attracting attention. I have decided to invite a social media marketing expert from the community to manage Sci Hub's communities on Facebook and Telegram, and promote the SciHub token. He also attempted to create a new Sci Hub Twitter account, but the account was once again banned. When will Sci Hub resume uploading new papers? When Sci Hub is legally recognized, it will resume operations 100%. Perhaps earlier.