Meet Gottfrid Svartholm.

Co-founder of The Pirate Bay. Convinced that information should be free.
He created the largest piracy site on the internet.
Millions of users downloaded movies, music, and software. He openly mocked corporations and governments.
He even joked about moving servers to North Korea, or even space.
2003: The Pirate Bay comes to life.
It quickly becomes a target worldwide. The domains change constantly.
Every legal demand turns into free advertising.
Traffic increases after each raid 😭
Governments of several countries try to shut it down. None succeed.
At one point, he tries to buy Sealand, a micronation in international waters.
The plan: host The Pirate Bay outside any legal jurisdiction.
It never materializes.
It inspires sites like KickassTorrents and 1337x. It becomes one of the most blocked websites in history.
April 2013: they add a Bitcoin address at the bottom of the site.
First 24 hours: 73 random people send BTC.
Total: 5.56 BTC. Approximate value at that time: $700. They ignore it.
Years pass, and donations keep coming.
Total received: over 135 BTC.
Those same coins turn into millions of dollars.
Today, they are worth more than $10 million.
The most pirated website in the world accidentally created a Bitcoin treasure.
Incredible.