PornHub after being blocked from paying with Visa and MasterCard credit cards, he had to look for alternative payment methods. It turned out to be them kryptowaluty. Two giants of payment transactions decided to terminate their cooperation with the website due to the controversial content published on its pages.
Payment with cryptocurrencies on PornHub
The payment with cryptocurrencies on the PornHub platform is nothing new, because the platform has already taken into account some of them, i.e. Verge, Tether, Tron and Pumapay.
However, when the possibility of making payments with Visa and Master Card for the premium service was blocked, the website was forced to expand this catalog. Users can also choose the payment method by SEPA transfer. PornHub currently accepts the following cryptocurrencies: Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, Dash, Ethereum, Ethereum Classic, Litecoin, Monero, NEM, Tether, Tron, Verge, Waves, Zcash, Pumapay.
Visa and MasterCard have resigned from cooperation with PornHub. The material contributed to this New York Times
Recently, two giants from the payment card industry have resigned from providing their services to the PornHub platform. An article in The New York Times contributed to this. Its author, Nicholas Kristof, accused the website of spreading scenes of violence, including sexual violence against children. This material hit the image of PornHub, which, despite the fact that it operates in a quite controversial industry, enjoys great popularity.
The payment system is not the only problem with PornHub
However, the resignation of payment operators turned out to be PornHub's smallest problem. After the article was published in the New York Times, the platform had to remove a huge number of films from its servers - the number reached millions. All videos from unknown accounts have disappeared from the site. What's more, it turned out that many of the films were published without the consent of the people in them. There is no doubt, therefore, that PornHub must take appropriate steps to ensure better control over the content posted. In this case, therefore, the information about the interest in cryptocurrencies can be considered doubtful for the digital payments sector.