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[Updated on 2022-02-16]How to Bypass DMCA Blacklist in lbry-desktop

This article shows you how to bypass the DMCA Blacklist in lbry-desktop. Currently, LBRY is becoming more and more evil. We now need additional steps to remove their fucking DMCA censorship.

Prerequisites:

Git
Node.js (v14 required)
Yarn

Clone (or fork) the lbry-desktop repository:

git clone https://github.com/lbryio/lbry-desktop

Change directory into the cloned repository:

cd lbry-desktop

We can bypass the DMCA Blacklist.

Use any text editor you like to open this file in the lbryinc folder:

extra/lbryinc/redux/actions/blacklist.js

Search and replace this text:

if (outpoints) {

to this:

if (false) {

Open this file:

extra/lbryinc/redux/actions/filtered.js

and search and replace the same text as mentioned above.

Use any text editor you like to open this file in the lbryinc folder:

extras/lbryinc/redux/selectors/ban.js

Search and replace this text:

if (blackListedOutpointMap) {

to this:

if (false) {

Search and replace this text:

if (filteredOutpointMap) {

to this:

if (false) {

Install the dependencies:

yarn

Recompile and rebuild the program:

yarn build

Now your executable file can be found in:

dist/electron



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