Presearch News

PRE Platform Update We have done and are doing everything within our power to keep the platform accessible for as long as possible, and several team members are continuing to help users despite no longer being paid. No one is more saddened by this shutdown than we are. Due to third-party vendors shutting down portions of the backend sooner than anticipated, some users may no longer be able to complete withdrawals through the platform. Where possible, we will manually process withdrawals for users with eligible balances of 500,000 PRE or more. All manual withdrawals will be sent on the Base network only. If you qualify and require assistance, please email questions@presearch.com with the information listed below. Never share your private key, seed phrase, or wallet recovery phrase. Presearch will never ask you to provide them. Web3 users For instructions on unstaking and withdrawing PRE directly to your self-custodial wallet, please refer to our guide: How to Unstake PRE Through BaseScan If you need help identifying your node ID, staked keywords, search stake, or other information required to complete the process, please provide: The public wallet address associated with your Presearch account. The email address associated with your account, if applicable. We will use this information to locate the relevant records and provide the details needed to complete your unstaking transaction. Web2 users To request a manual withdrawal, please provide: The email address associated with your Presearch account so we can validate your token balance, stakes, and rewards. A Base-compatible Web3 wallet address that you personally control and where you would like to receive your PRE Do not provide your Presearch deposit address, an exchange deposit address, or an address on another network. Thank you for your patience, understanding, and support.

Dear Presearch Community, We're keeping the Presearch platform open for an additional 24 hours, until Tuesday, July 28 at 5:00 p.m. PT, to give everyone more time to access their accounts following the recent redirect issues. Please note that while we will do everything possible to keep the platform accessible through this extended window, we cannot guarantee uninterrupted availability because some third-party vendors have already begun shutting down portions of the backend infrastructure. Thank you again for your patience, support, and everything you've contributed to Presearch over the years. No one is more saddened by this shutdown than we are, and we're deeply grateful to this community.

Hey everyone! We apologize for the technical issues some of you have experienced with our redirects. As we prepare for the platform’s closure, a few of the redirects we put in place haven’t been working as intended. We’re actively working on fixing the issue and appreciate your patience while we get everything back on track. Thank you for bearing with us!

Today, we share the difficult news that Presearch is shutting down, effective immediately. To everyone who searched with us, operated a node, advertised, partnered with us, or supported our mission along the way, thank you. Your belief in independent, privacy-first search has meant more than words can express. For more on why we made this incredibly difficult decision and what it means moving forward, please read our blog post linked below. Thank you for being part of the Presearch journey. 🩵 https://news.presearch.io/a-message-from-the-presearch-team-aaa448052b2b

Big Tech knows what you searched at 2am, what you almost bought, where you were standing when you typed it. Location. Device fingerprint. Click history. Big Tech cross-references it, packages it, sells it, then targets it back at you. That's the business model behind "free" search. We skip all of it. No accounts. No profiles. No warehouse of your searches sitting on a Big Tech server somewhere. Nothing to collect means nothing to leak, nothing to sell, nothing to hand over. Every search on Presearch is proof this works without any of that. Switch. Bring someone with you. Stay Anonymous. 🌐

POV: you wanted a 2-minute YouTube video You got a 45-second ad break instead Don't pay for Premium. Presearch on mobile = YouTube, ad-free, 100% free. https://youtu.be/hZY7EixZmcA?si=6eT3EgC9kaWMWuU_

We decided to make the hard decision to postpone the Series IV Node License Auction. We don't launch node expansion on hype. We launch it on 1 million searches a day. Let's get there. 💪🏻 Stay Anonymous.

Presearch has a secret feature we don't talk about during business hours. 👀 Open the hamburger. Find the 🌶️. Flip the switch. What happens next is between you and your search bar. 🔥 https://presearch.com/nsfw-mode

Tired of YouTube ads interrupting everything? We found a little loophole. 👀 Open YouTube in the Presearch mobile browser, press play, and watch uninterrupted… while searching privately when you're done. Ad-free YouTube. Private search. One browser. Try it before someone closes the loophole. 🔓🐼 https://account.presearch.com/apps

The little things add up. Presearch keeps getting cleaner, sharper, and easier to use. 🔧🚀 We shipped 9 more UI/UX improvements this weekend—tightening spacing, aligning layouts, standardizing fonts, fixing hover states, and smoothing out the takeover ad experience across desktop and mobile.