YouTube star testing bitcoin micropayments for video

[Gleb Gamow]

https://twitter.com/nurdrage/status/65123863310237696



https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/26et78/lets_tell_our_favorite_youtubers_to_put_their/chqfkf0

nurdrage     May 25, 2014

I've had mixed reception to adding bitcoin to my video descriptions in 2011. a good deal of my viewers thought i was trying to push a ponzi scheme or questioned my intelligence for "falling" for one. While i did receive a few donations, and became good friends with one bitcoiner, on the whole I think it negatively affected my image as a youtuber.

While i do love the technological brilliance of the software (despite barely understanding how it works), I must consider how i am perceived by my viewers. On youtube, image is everything, and maintaining a certain image means i have to tone down how hard i promote bitcoin.

This is why larger youtubers are a bit reluctant to promote something like bitcoin that is perceived to be controversial or even questionably legal. Not because they actually think bitcoin is bad, but because they must maintain a certain youtube image.

As bitcoin becomes more widespread and less controversial, the uptake by youtubers will increase as well.

Here's their bitcoin wallet address used since June 29, 2014: 1NurdRAge7PNR4ULrbrpcYvc9RC4LDp9pS

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[countryfree]

There are so many amateurs videos available for free, I doubt I'll ever pay to watch one. This could only work for real full length movies, but it's a nice idea. I'm sure it could work if they manage to get good content.

[mtnsaa]

I guess it's good news but I find it comical that it's 2016 and a youtuber starts accepting Bitcoin and all of a sudden it's news worthy. It makes you wonder how unknown and unadopted Bitcoin really is, for most people it still is an obscure internet currency that hackers or people buying/selling illegal drugs use. It's sad but it's true and you can only blame Bitcoin.

[BellaBitBit]

Looks like a great concept but many youtube viewers are really young, most of them don't even know what bitcoin is.
Let alone know how it will work out, I doubt this type of thing will take off.

Let's talk in a year

We need the "young" to pick up on bitcoin and when they do it will grow.  The concept is great and it is a start to something you might see more of.

[onlinedragon]

Cool idea attract also new video to his YouTube channel.

[Gleb Gamow]

I guess it's good news but I find it comical that it's 2016 and a youtuber starts accepting Bitcoin and all of a sudden it's news worthy. It makes you wonder how unknown and unadopted Bitcoin really is, for most people it still is an obscure internet currency that hackers or people buying/selling illegal drugs use. It's sad but it's true and you can only blame Bitcoin.

I find it comical that you replied upon reading only the OP as if there's a sig campaign in play. In case you missed it, the brand's been accepting bitcoins since 2011, about a month prior to myself learning about Bitcoin.

[btcltccoins]

https://video.popchest.com/#featuredVideos
 
NurdRage, a YouTube personality with over 600,000 subscribers, is testing bitcoin micropayments for his videos as an alternative to advertising. Show him some love!
 
Thank you.

is not a YouTube initiative but an user one.
I think there are a lot of other people that accept payment with bitcoin also on YT.
It could be positive because more people decide to adopt, and share with other people so!

Yes, its a User initiative and once more people take such initiatives then it will be good.
Someone has to start and it good to see this.

[jacktheking]

Loading is slow. Even though I do not really like his video, I paid 0.25 USD worth of Bitcoin to unlock the video. I hope that he will continue to support Bitcoin.

[Kprawn]

Are you still hosting the videos on youtube or are you running it off your own servers? {I did not spot this in the FAQ section} I tried it, but I find it is

a bit slow... so I was just wondering where you hosting this service. I am all for innovation based on micro payments, but a big proponent of FREE

educational stuff on Bitcoin. If he turns all his subscribers to Bitcoin users, it will be a win for all of us.  Good luck.

[imran$$]

realyy!!  thanks fr posting ths news here

[Jeremycoin]

0.25$ for a video? I would rather pay for a month subscription rather than to pay for each video.
However, it's nice to see a progress on Bitcoin.

[nakedbitcoins]

https://video.popchest.com/#featuredVideos
 
NurdRage, a YouTube personality with over 600,000 subscribers, is testing bitcoin micropayments for his videos as an alternative to advertising. Show him some love!
 
Thank you.

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[Bitcotalk]

It is a great idea of him, if all the big groups/company/channels start to use bitcoin as their payment then bitcoin will flourish all over the net. I appreciate that act from Nurdrage, it gave a good support to the bitcoin.
I hope all the online big businessmen use bitcoin.