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What happened to SocksList.net: the SOCKS proxy list that announced its own shutdown, and what to use instead

SocksList.net sold free and paid SOCKS proxy lists from 2007 and posted a shutdown notice for 1 December 2021. What it charged, and what replaced it.

September 6, 2026 · 6 min read

SOCKS5 Proxy Errors Explained: General SOCKS Server Failure, Not Allowed by Ruleset, Host Unreachable

SOCKS5 replies are numbered by the protocol, so each error names its cause. What the reply codes and authentication failures mean, and the fix for each.

August 24, 2026 · 14 min read

How to Use a Proxy with Discord

Discord has no proxy setting anywhere in its interface. The three ways to route it anyway, and the reason voice chat stops working the moment you succeed.

August 8, 2026 · 4 min read

IP, Port, Username, Password: What Your Proxy Line Actually Means

Someone handed you 198.51.100.7:8080:hp_ir4k2:9fa2c1 and no instructions. This breaks the line into its four parts, shows the three ways the same proxy gets written, and says which one your tool wants.

August 8, 2026 · 8 min read

How to Set Up a Proxy in qBittorrent

The setting most guides skip is the one that matters: an HTTP proxy in qBittorrent covers the tracker and not your peer connections. Where the boxes are, which to tick, and how to check it actually applied.

August 8, 2026 · 4 min read

What Happened to LuxSocks? The Carding-World SOCKS Market That Vanished

LuxSocks was a Russian SOCKS5 proxy market prized by carders. It went dark in January 2022 in a reported Russian takedown. The story and the buyer lesson.

July 21, 2026 · 7 min read

SOCKS4 vs SOCKS5: the difference, measured on the wire

SOCKS4 vs SOCKS5 from the RFCs, then tested: who resolves DNS, what 80 public proxies really do with IPv6 and UDP, and which version to pick.

July 17, 2026 · 16 min read

Free Proxies for Torrenting: Do They Work, and the Safe Alternatives

Do free proxies for torrenting actually work? Only SOCKS5 carries torrent traffic and most die in minutes. Safe setup, and the real options.

July 11, 2026 · 11 min read

Free SOCKS5 Proxy List: Live and Verified (2026)

A free SOCKS5 proxy list, re-checked every few minutes across 100+ countries. What SOCKS5 does, when to pick it over HTTP, how to run one, why they die fast.

July 10, 2026 · 9 min read

HTTP vs SOCKS5 Proxy: Which Should You Use?

HTTP vs SOCKS5 proxy, explained without the marketing: what each protocol does, which layer it works at, how they handle DNS and speed, and which to use.

July 3, 2026 · 9 min read

PIA Proxy Review: Does Private Internet Access Have a SOCKS5 Proxy?

The PIA proxy is a SOCKS5 endpoint bundled with every Private Internet Access VPN plan: what it is, how to switch it on, and where a dedicated pool beats it.

July 3, 2026 · 7 min read

What Is a SOCKS5 Proxy? A Plain-English Guide With the Details Kept In

What is a SOCKS5 proxy? How the protocol works, what it does that HTTP proxies can't, remote DNS, UDP support, and when a SOCKS5 proxy is the right choice.

July 2, 2026 · 7 min read

Proxies that don't die mid-job

Residential, ISP, datacenter and mobile, verified by the same engine that runs tens of millions of checks. They read as a real device and hold up under load. Pay as you go, and your balance never expires. $0.44/GB is the 2,000 GB+ rate; a single gigabyte is $0.50/GB, with no minimum order.

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Honest guides and comparisons on proxies, scraping and staying unblocked, from the team that runs the network.

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