Just a few minutes from the much anticipated Verge (XVG) announcement, it was revealed via Reddit that Pornhub was the new partner that Verge had managed to acquire. Further investigation of the claim shows that Pornhub.com does indeed accept Verge as form of payments for its subscriptions that range from $9.99 per month for a one time payment, or at a discounted rate per year of $95.88. The latter tabulates to $7.99 per year: $2 cheaper per month than the one time monthly fee.

In the pornhub subscription page, the site describes the news as follows.

The future has come. In our efforts to keep current with our community’s privacy and payment preferences, Pornhub will now be accepting Verge as a means of payment for services like Pornhub Premium and more, on our platforms. Building on Verge’s core values of security, anonymity and practicality, the introduction of this cryptocurrency as a means of payment Pornhub signifies an important foray into the future from the industry that is always on the cutting edge of technology.

With this statement, Pornhub is in line with protecting the privacy of its users in an age where there is a crackdown by the FBI on sex marketplace websites such as backdoor.com. The site was seized by the said FBI less than two weeks ago. This is in a bid to end forced prostitution and child exploitation from continuing in the web under the disguise of regular escort services. Pornhub is keeping pace with changing technology and offering satisfactory customer service with the added benefit of privacy.

Verge’s Wraith Protocol allows the user to switch between the public and private ledgers of the network. This means that the financial privacy of the user is guaranteed. What the user needs to provide on pornhub.com is a username, password and an email address.

However, several Verge community members believe that this is not the true new partnership. They believe the partnership will be announced in the next few minutes and will be greater than the world famous pornhub.com.

UPDATE: Following several tweets by @vergecurrency, it has been confirmed that pornhub.com is indeed the new partnership. Three Cheers for Privacy!

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