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April 21, 2013, 02:41:20 AM
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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.
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April 21, 2013, 02:42:46 AM
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Great news; TPB users are the perfect audience for Bitcoin.

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April 21, 2013, 02:45:12 AM
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That's brilliant news. Nearly everyone uses TPB though many don't care to admit it  Grin
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April 21, 2013, 02:49:45 AM
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With an Alexa global traffic rank of 72  this has to be very significant.  http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/thepiratebay.se


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April 21, 2013, 02:51:21 AM
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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. Wink

Good point.  Smiley

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.
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April 21, 2013, 02:53:27 AM
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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. Wink

Good point.  Smiley

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 Grin

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April 21, 2013, 02:54:09 AM
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With an Alexa global traffic rank of 72  this has to be very significant.  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?
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April 21, 2013, 02:54:43 AM
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Great, more exposure the better. Hopefully other sites follow.
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April 21, 2013, 02:57:09 AM
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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 Smiley)
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April 21, 2013, 02:57:40 AM
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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 Smiley)

Hopefully they'll make a blog post about it, after this promo runs.

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April 21, 2013, 02:58:47 AM
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April 21, 2013, 03:05:33 AM
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Yay! First time I can really support them.  Cheesy
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April 21, 2013, 03:09:31 AM
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inb4 some ISP hijacks their traffic and replaces the BTC address.

It is pitch black. You are likely to be eaten by a grue.

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April 21, 2013, 03:10:05 AM
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With an Alexa global traffic rank of 72  this has to be very significant.  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.

It is not as high as WordPress but I understand this is the second largest site that accepts bitcoin.

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April 21, 2013, 03:10:55 AM
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inb4 some ISP hijacks their traffic and replaces the BTC address.
HTTPS?
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April 21, 2013, 02:24:42 PM
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inb4 some ISP hijacks their traffic and replaces the BTC address.
HTTPS?
implying it's on by default
implying people specifically types the https address or uses https everywhere

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April 21, 2013, 03:58:28 PM
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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.
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April 21, 2013, 05:08:04 PM
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Maybe in the future they will also allow their Users/Uploaders to add Bitcoin addresses to their profile for tipping. Smiley

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April 21, 2013, 05:24:38 PM
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Maybe in the future they will also allow their Users/Uploaders to add Bitcoin addresses to their profile for tipping. Smiley

Couldn't they just put it in the description of the torrent?
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April 21, 2013, 06:19:30 PM
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Interesting news, thanks.
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