Re: Could porn pave the way for cryptocurrency adoption by merchants?
Porn is a big industry, and just like gambling tied to bitcoin in the beginning, it will be perfectly normal that porn will attempt to do the same now. The relation wont just be with bitcoin. In fact I think it will be much easier to relate porn with ethereum (with the creation of ICOs), and with coins that offer more privacy than bitcoin (like monero). New projects are created in the ethereum network, to allow users to create content and don't be "robbed" by the middle man. This looks like a great setup for porn webcams for example.
Smart contracts + tipping with porn webcams would be interesting. I'm a huge believer that Cryptocurrencies are going to revolutionize the porn webcam industry (I even wrote an article a while back here: http://bitcoinporndirectory.com/will-bitcoin-revolutionize-the-live-cam-industry. I think it remains to be see which coin will win, but its an obvious progression considering most of these cam sites like Chaturbate use 'tokens' already.
I wonder if a lovense vibrator activated by a smart contract is something we will see in the near future
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