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Title: Thepiratebay.se is accepting bitcoin donations Post by: just1nmc on April 21, 2013, 02:41:20 AM https://thepiratebay.se (https://thepiratebay.se) now has a bitcoin address on their front page for donations.
They're not really going out of their way to promote it, but it's still nice to see. Title: Re: Thepiratebay.se is accepting bitcoin donations Post by: Mike Christ on April 21, 2013, 02:42:46 AM Great news; TPB users are the perfect audience for Bitcoin.
Title: Re: Thepiratebay.se is accepting bitcoin donations Post by: empoweoqwj on April 21, 2013, 02:45:12 AM That's brilliant news. Nearly everyone uses TPB though many don't care to admit it ;D
Title: Re: Thepiratebay.se is accepting bitcoin donations Post by: ArticMine on April 21, 2013, 02:49:45 AM With an Alexa global traffic rank of 72 this has to be very significant. http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/thepiratebay.se (http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/thepiratebay.se)
Title: Re: Thepiratebay.se is accepting bitcoin donations Post by: just1nmc on April 21, 2013, 02:51:21 AM They're not really going out of their way to promote it, but it's still nice to see. I prefer it like that. Bitcoin is just another normal method of payment. ;) Good point. :) It also shows how easy it is to accept bitcoins. Simply adding a line of text at the bottom of their website is going to bring in plenty of donations. Title: Re: Thepiratebay.se is accepting bitcoin donations Post by: Mike Christ on April 21, 2013, 02:53:27 AM They're not really going out of their way to promote it, but it's still nice to see. I prefer it like that. Bitcoin is just another normal method of payment. ;) Good point. :) It also shows how easy it is to accept bitcoins. Simply adding a line of text at the bottom of their website is going to bring in plenty of donations. I've already sent them 10 bitcents ;D Title: Re: Thepiratebay.se is accepting bitcoin donations Post by: empoweoqwj on April 21, 2013, 02:54:09 AM With an Alexa global traffic rank of 72 this has to be very significant. http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/thepiratebay.se (http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/thepiratebay.se) I bet it gets more users than the Alexa rank shows. Alexa is such bs as a measure of traffic. Do you actually know anyone that has it installed? Title: Re: Thepiratebay.se is accepting bitcoin donations Post by: Joshster on April 21, 2013, 02:54:43 AM Great, more exposure the better. Hopefully other sites follow.
Title: Re: Thepiratebay.se is accepting bitcoin donations Post by: empoweoqwj on April 21, 2013, 02:57:09 AM Perhaps I'm old-fashioned but I don't find:
BTC: 1Kqzbv4ekpJX3ohYWGEzMqzvf27VjBux35 very descriptive. I didn't even notice it after using the site for 2 hrs today. Why not say? Bitcoin donations now accepted: (and then replace their btc address with mine :)) Title: Re: Thepiratebay.se is accepting bitcoin donations Post by: Mike Christ on April 21, 2013, 02:57:40 AM Perhaps I'm old-fashioned but I don't find: BTC: 1Kqzbv4ekpJX3ohYWGEzMqzvf27VjBux35 very descriptive. I didn't even notice it after using the site for 2 hrs today. Why not say? Bitcoin donations now accept: (and then replace their btc address with mine :)) Hopefully they'll make a blog post about it, after this promo runs. Title: Re: Thepiratebay.se is accepting bitcoin donations Post by: tiberiandusk on April 21, 2013, 02:58:47 AM 0.01337 BTC
Title: Re: Thepiratebay.se is accepting bitcoin donations Post by: Frozenlock on April 21, 2013, 03:05:33 AM Yay! First time I can really support them. :D
Title: Re: Thepiratebay.se is accepting bitcoin donations Post by: grue on April 21, 2013, 03:09:31 AM inb4 some ISP hijacks their traffic and replaces the BTC address.
Title: Re: Thepiratebay.se is accepting bitcoin donations Post by: ArticMine on April 21, 2013, 03:10:05 AM With an Alexa global traffic rank of 72 this has to be very significant. http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/thepiratebay.se (http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/thepiratebay.se) I bet it gets more users than the Alexa rank shows. Alexa is such bs as a measure of traffic. Do you actually know anyone that has it installed? I do not, but that is not the point since it is a measure of relative traffic when comparing different websites. The more important question is: Is a user of thepiratebay.se more or less likely to install Alexa than say for example a user of cnn.com? The latter site is ranked at 76 http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/cnn.com (http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/cnn.com). It is not as high as WordPress but I understand this is the second largest site that accepts bitcoin. Title: Re: Thepiratebay.se is accepting bitcoin donations Post by: Frozenlock on April 21, 2013, 03:10:55 AM inb4 some ISP hijacks their traffic and replaces the BTC address. HTTPS?Title: Re: Thepiratebay.se is accepting bitcoin donations Post by: grue on April 21, 2013, 02:24:42 PM inb4 some ISP hijacks their traffic and replaces the BTC address. HTTPS?implying people specifically types the https address or uses https everywhere Title: Re: Thepiratebay.se is accepting bitcoin donations Post by: pekv2 on April 21, 2013, 03:58:28 PM I recall they had no idea what bitcoin was and deleted a bunch of bitcoin guide torrents "or some type of bitcoin torrents". A user from bitcointalk "bitcoinforums at the time" was bitching about it.
Title: Re: Thepiratebay.se is accepting bitcoin donations Post by: Sukrim on April 21, 2013, 05:08:04 PM Maybe in the future they will also allow their Users/Uploaders to add Bitcoin addresses to their profile for tipping. :)
Title: Re: Thepiratebay.se is accepting bitcoin donations Post by: AllYourBase on April 21, 2013, 05:24:38 PM Maybe in the future they will also allow their Users/Uploaders to add Bitcoin addresses to their profile for tipping. :) Couldn't they just put it in the description of the torrent? Title: Re: Thepiratebay.se is accepting bitcoin donations Post by: No_2 on April 21, 2013, 06:19:30 PM Interesting news, thanks.
Title: Bit torrent world accepts bitcoin as its currency Post by: spndr7 on May 05, 2013, 11:01:28 AM Great, more exposure the better. Hopefully other sites follow. More bittorrent sites follow the piratebay,accepting only bitcoins as donation. http://bitsnoop.com/ http://www.bt-chat.com/ Title: Re: Thepiratebay.se is accepting bitcoin donations Post by: sinner on May 05, 2013, 11:13:13 AM Maybe in the future they will also allow their Users/Uploaders to add Bitcoin addresses to their profile for tipping. :) This is an excellent idea. It's gonna happen too :) I know it. Title: Re: Thepiratebay.se is accepting bitcoin donations Post by: yona on May 05, 2013, 02:42:59 PM great ;D
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