The Pirate Bay has decided to start accepting Bitcoin donations in late April and users are responding with a significant increase in the donations. In the first week, the website received 174 donations in digital currency, equivalent to $2.063. Success!

And, to add another option, the website also decided to support a second encrypted digital currency: Litecoin.

For some years, these file-sharing websites had other forms of receiving donations, but with the evolution of law and restrictions, people got scared of leaving their contribution through PayPal, for instance. But, now, Bitcoin and Litecoin bring something really important to the people who want to help: anonymity.

After seeing the results of this change, more and more websites and seedbox companies are accepting digital currency payments and donations.

This is a first for The Pirate Bay, since the website never accepted donations before, but it seems that Bitcoin is changing it all.

Via torrentfreak.com