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Comment by LewisVerstappen | Hacker News Reader

>I think it's really telling that porn has not embraced blockchains, crypto, or NFTs as a way to get paid

Uh, how do you think Pornhub accepts payments? Crypto has been the only option for paying for Pornhub Premium for several months now.

(I know this because I read a news article on it, just to be clear)

Edit

Sorry, ACH is also an option, my mistake. But Pornhub Premium's sign up page says they don't accept credit cards.

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I applaud your propriety, but it looks like your information is incorrect. Their FAQ states they accept credit cards from Probiller: https://www.probiller.com/

Edit: and it doesn't mention crypto.

The signup page says "Unfortunately we are unable to accept credit cards at this moment" and has ACH/SEPA and Cryptocurrency as the payment options.

One can also pay through ACH, so it's not like they're completely cut off from the traditional financial systems.

It would be interesting to know what percentage of their users use each payment method.

Sure, and to be clear, the payment experience with cryptocurrency is still pretty terrible.

That being said, it's getting better quite quickly and you're now seeing big tech players like Stripe enter the market.[1]

[1] - https://techcrunch.com/2021/10/13/payments-giant-stripe-says...

And then we've completed the full circle and we're back to the beginning of the discussion about payment provider's censorship power…

Crypto's terrible payment UX makes it practically unsuitable for porn companies because it makes everybody use centralized intermediary instead of using the crypto itself directly.

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