The largest online index for torrents, The Pirate Bay, has been promoting a blockchain project on its homepage.

To generate some extra revenue, The Pirate Bay has been promoting a blockchain company — Hex.win — on its landing page.

Hex.win is a high-interest savings account stored on the blockchain. With the project’s massive logo on The Pirate Bay, users can sign up for the savings account through a unique referral link. The torrent website makes around 20 percent per sign-up. The Hex.win wallet is expected to go live by the end of today. Deposits are free for Bitcoin holders.

It is worth noting that some in the cryptocurrency and blockchain space are calling Hex.win a scam or a Ponzi scheme.

Hex.win wasn’t the only project promoted on The Pirate Bay recently. The torrent index was also promoting a “Pirate Bay approved” VPN provider AzireVPN as an affiliate. Another company that earned a spot on the same front page was TMP.ninja, a file-hosting service. It’s unclear what relationship the service has with the torrent website since this advertisement did not seem to be monetized.

The torrenting index has been open to cryptocurrencies for some time, accepting donations in BTC, ETH, and XMR on its home page. Oftentimes, torrenting and blockchain are thought to go hand-in-hand; torrenting is often seen as one of the first implementations of ‘decentralization’ from which blockchain takes its inspiration.

Earlier this year, BeInCrypto reported on the co-founder of Ethereum, Vitalik Buterin, supporting the torrenting hub. He shared an article titled “After 15 Years, the Pirate Bay Still Can’t Be Killed.”

The Pirate Bay has stayed standing for over 15 years despite threats of shut-down from authorities. Its resilience over the years is largely due to its decentralized nature. Therefore, it shouldn’t come as a surprise that the website and the blockchain industry continue to have a close history.