[2016-09-21] PopChest announces ad-free bitcoin video platform

[smartgerman]

PopChest announces ad-free bitcoin video platform
Unlike YouTube, Vimeo and other popular video streaming services, the Boost VC-funded startup uses a bitcoin micropayment channel to enable viewers of digital content to incentivise the creators directly.
http://www.coinfox.info/news/6447-popchest-announces-ad-free-bitcoin-video-platform

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[Kprawn]

This will be the key to their success, if they can find more high profile Youtubers  to do this : " With over 600,000 subscribers, YouTube star NurdRage offered exclusive content on PopChest to engage his most passionate followers. He put a short teaser video on his YouTube channel with a link to PopChest. Eight hundred paid views on PopChest generated 4x more revenue than 50,000 ad-supported views on YouTube,” said the PopChest team. "

How long Youtube will tolerate this kind of advertising for their possible competitor, will be anyone's guess. I cannot see how PopChest will

be able to handle a mass migration to their service, if Youtube stop the monetization of content. 

[maikelblogo]

This will be the key to their success, if they can find more high profile Youtubers  to do this : " With over 600,000 subscribers, YouTube star NurdRage offered exclusive content on PopChest to engage his most passionate followers. He put a short teaser video on his YouTube channel with a link to PopChest. Eight hundred paid views on PopChest generated 4x more revenue than 50,000 ad-supported views on YouTube,” said the PopChest team. "

How long Youtube will tolerate this kind of advertising for their possible competitor, will be anyone's guess. I cannot see how PopChest will

be able to handle a mass migration to their service, if Youtube stop the monetization of content. 

The difference above YouTube is PopChest will accept bitcoin. The first one don't...