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XVG Verge and Pornhub Marriage Not Going Well
Back in early April, the team at XVG Verge had a well-kept secret as to which firm was their new big partner. As soon as the announcement was made that Pornhub would be accepting subscription payments using XVG, the crypto community rejoiced for this was a step forward in terms of crypto adoption. Some crypto enthusiasts even put aside their morals and looked past what the Pornhub platform is all about. All were enthusiastic for they knew that the porn industry is worth around $97 Billion dollars and Pornhub has over 90 Million daily unique visitors. This, in turn, meant that XVG Verge would get the spotlight on a wide and busy platform.
Crypto accounts for Less than 1% of Pornhub Payments
Almost six months after Pornhub started accepting XVG Verge and other cryptocurrencies on the site, a new report has revealed that less than 1% of payments on the site are actually transacted using digital assets. This is even after Pornhub partnered with crypto payment processing startup of PumaPay to make the user experience more efficient.
Still Too Early to Conclude ‘The Marriage’ Between XVG Verge and Pornhub has Failed
Six months is a short time period to determine if crypto payments have failed to take off on the adult site. Judging by the fact that Bitcoin was created in 2009 and it has only started to be recognized as a means of investing, it could take a few more years before crypto payments are as natural and automatic as using your VISA or Mastercard.
A spokesperson of Pornhub remained optimistic about the future:
That being said, we expect to see widespread adoption of crypto[currency] and blockchain on our site in the near future
Possible Solutions for the Adult Industry
One possible implementation of blockchain technology in the adult film industry is probably tapping Project Atlas from the team at Tron and BitTorrent. The project aims at incentivizing users using a custom token so you can request faster downloads as well as have users run clients to seed torrents for longer periods.
With adult movies and clips being created by the minute, the burden of centrally storing all these files will become cumbersome for Pornhub and other adult sites. This then brings the option of distributing storage on the machines of subscribers who will be rewarded with a certain amount of privileges or tokens, for the platform to store some files onto their personal computers or servers that will remain online all the time.
Of course, this is pure speculation but we have to remember that behind any brilliant invention, is a crazy idea. The above idea seems crazy enough to work.
In conclusion, crypto adoption is slowly but surely making strides in the adult film industry through the use of digital assets as a means to pay for subscriptions as can be seen on Pornhub. As the future progresses, cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology will surely make an impact on the industry. We also have to remind ourselves that the payment processor of PumaPay is still in the development phase and the project is yet to integrate on Pornhub. Once live, PumaPay is sure to accelerate crypto payment and billing all over the crypto-verse.
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